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In Retail and Social Change Steven Miles, presents a
cross-disciplinary analysis of the evolution of retail and how in
both its material and virtual guises it has come to reframe our
relationship with the social world. Retail has become increasingly
influential in homogenising the urban experience. And yet in
reacting to trends in virtual consumption retailers are also
becoming more and more conscious of the need to engage with
consumers in more sophisticated ways. Retail and Social Change will
interest students and scholars in geography, cultural studies,
sociology, marketing and business studies interested in how and why
retail pervades both our physical and emotional lives in
increasingly unexpected ways. It will provide a lively, comparative
and thought-provoking contribution that interrogates the
implications of retail change, for what it means to be a citizen of
a consumer society in the twenty-first century.
This title was first published in 2002.Communities of Youth
critically evaluates what it means to be a young person at the
beginning of the twenty-first century and the problems,
opportunities and dilemmas that emerge from the experience. The
book is concerned with putting key conceptual debates to do with
youth in a comparative cutting-edge empirical context. In
particular, it endeavours to transcend what its contributors feel
is one of the most damaging trends of recent work on the question
of youth, namely: the division between young people's transitions
and youth culture. Building upon the notion of lifestyle as a means
of bridging this gap, the book provides something original and
timely: a way of linking young people's broader structural concerns
with the cultural and community contexts within which they conduct
their everyday lives. The data discussed in the book emanates from
a comparative European Union project conducted in Great Britain,
Germany and Portugal. The three training programmes examined are
based on the performing arts, but the authors argue that the skills
young people glean from these courses are more to do with generic
skills such as the ability to work effectively in groups, mutual
responsibility, discipline and above all, confidence, than the
technical proficiencies of performance. These courses become an
important part of the young people's lives and as such, provide a
space within which they become themselves . In this sense, the book
highlights the fact that far from being passive recipients of
public policy, young people actively engage with the power
structures that combine to shape their lives. Communities of Youth
therefore considers the diversity of European youth and by tapping
into this diversity it develops important recommendations that will
inform academic debate, research and youth policy.
The idea that culture can be employed as a driver for urban
economic growth has become part of the new orthodoxy by which
cities seek to enhance their competitive position. Such
developments reflect not only the rise to prominence of the
cultural sphere in the contemporary (urban) economy, but how the
meaning of culture has been redefined to include new uses in order
to meet social, economic and political objectives. This significant
book focuses on the ability of cultural investment to meet the
rhetoric of social inclusion and the extent to which it offers
sustainable solutions to the problems of the city. To this end it
focuses on the meanings and practice of culture-led policy within
the city and its evaluation is proposed. Paddison and Miles have
edited an innovative book which presents a series of diverse case
studies to challenge the 'one size fits all' model of culture-led
urban regeneration - a key concern being the extent to which
culture-led regeneration can genuinely fulfil the expectations that
policy-makers and urban commentators have of it. This book was
previously published as a special issue of Urban Studies.
The idea that culture can be employed as a driver for urban
economic growth has become part of the new orthodoxy by which
cities seek to enhance their competitive position. Such
developments reflect not only the rise to prominence of the
cultural sphere in the contemporary (urban) economy, but how the
meaning of culture has been redefined to include new uses in order
to meet social, economic and political objectives. This significant
book focuses on the ability of cultural investment to meet the
rhetoric of social inclusion and the extent to which it offers
sustainable solutions to the problems of the city. To this end it
focuses on the meanings and practice of culture-led policy within
the city and its evaluation is proposed. Paddison and Miles have
edited an innovative book which presents a series of diverse case
studies to challenge the 'one size fits all' model of culture-led
urban regeneration - a key concern being the extent to which
culture-led regeneration can genuinely fulfil the expectations that
policy-makers and urban commentators have of it. This book was
previously published as a special issue of Urban Studies.
This title was first published in 2002.Communities of Youth
critically evaluates what it means to be a young person at the
beginning of the twenty-first century and the problems,
opportunities and dilemmas that emerge from the experience. The
book is concerned with putting key conceptual debates to do with
youth in a comparative cutting-edge empirical context. In
particular, it endeavours to transcend what its contributors feel
is one of the most damaging trends of recent work on the question
of youth, namely: the division between young people's transitions
and youth culture. Building upon the notion of lifestyle as a means
of bridging this gap, the book provides something original and
timely: a way of linking young people's broader structural concerns
with the cultural and community contexts within which they conduct
their everyday lives. The data discussed in the book emanates from
a comparative European Union project conducted in Great Britain,
Germany and Portugal. The three training programmes examined are
based on the performing arts, but the authors argue that the skills
young people glean from these courses are more to do with generic
skills such as the ability to work effectively in groups, mutual
responsibility, discipline and above all, confidence, than the
technical proficiencies of performance. These courses become an
important part of the young people's lives and as such, provide a
space within which they become themselves . In this sense, the book
highlights the fact that far from being passive recipients of
public policy, young people actively engage with the power
structures that combine to shape their lives. Communities of Youth
therefore considers the diversity of European youth and by tapping
into this diversity it develops important recommendations that will
inform academic debate, research and youth policy.
Contents: 1. Introduction: the meaning of consumption; the meaning of change? Steven Miles, Kevin Meethan and Alison Anderson 2. Setting the Scene: changing conceptions of consumption Alan Warde 3. Consuming Women; winning women? Janice Winship 4. Consuming Men; producing Loaded Ben Crewe 5. Producing TV; consuming TV Steve Spittle 6. Consuming Advertising; consuming cultural history Liz McFall and Paul du Gay 7. Consuming Retro; consuming design Adrian Franklin 8. Consuming Symbolic Meaning; consuming alcohol 9. Consuming Technology; consuming home computers Elaine Lally 10. Consuming Youth; consuming lifestyles Steven Miles 11. Changing Consumer; changing disciplinarity Russell W. Belk
The consumer ethic is ubiquitous. Everything we do, see, hear and even feel appears to be connected in some way to our experience as consumers. The increasingly high profile of debates over consumption, consumer culture, consumer behaviour and consumer rights reflects a world undergoing rapid change. The Changing Consumer charts thenature of that change, as well as discussing why consumption has become so important and what role, if any, it plays in underpinning social, economic and political transformation. Featuring contributions from some of the leading theorists of consumption from across a range of disciplines, this collection includes chapters on: * Men's consumption and men's magazines * The changing profile of women as consumers * the representation of consumption on popular TV shows * Consuming retro chic * The symbolic and emotional role of alcohol consumption. Drawing on fascinating case studies throughout, this book will be essential reading for students and academics interested in the study of consumption.
In Retail and Social Change Steven Miles, presents a
cross-disciplinary analysis of the evolution of retail and how in
both its material and virtual guises it has come to reframe our
relationship with the social world. Retail has become increasingly
influential in homogenising the urban experience. And yet in
reacting to trends in virtual consumption retailers are also
becoming more and more conscious of the need to engage with
consumers in more sophisticated ways. Retail and Social Change will
interest students and scholars in geography, cultural studies,
sociology, marketing and business studies interested in how and why
retail pervades both our physical and emotional lives in
increasingly unexpected ways. It will provide a lively, comparative
and thought-provoking contribution that interrogates the
implications of retail change, for what it means to be a citizen of
a consumer society in the twenty-first century.
Airbnb, gaming, escape rooms, major sporting events: contemporary
capitalism no longer demands we merely consume things, but that we
buy experiences. This book is concerned with the social, cultural
and personal implications of this shift. The technologically-driven
world we live in is no closer to securing the utopian ideal of a
leisure society. Instead, the pursuit of leisure is often an
attempt to escape our everyday existence. Exploring examples
including sport, architecture, travel and social media, Steven
Miles investigates how consumer culture has colonised
'experiences', revealing the ideological and psycho-social tensions
at the heart of the 'experience society'. This first critical
analysis of the experience economy sheds light on capitalism's ever
more sophisticated infiltration of the everyday.
Social Theory in the Real World is concerned with illustrating the practical benefits of social theory. Many students find it hard to relate the real insights provided by social theory to their real life experiences, and many lecturers struggle to demonstrate the relevance of social theory to everyday life. This book offers an accessible, non-patronizing solution to the problem, demonstrating that social theory need not be remote and obscure, but if used in imaginative ways, it can be indispensable in challenging our common sense perceptions and understandings. The book identifies the key themes of contemporary social theory: mass society, postindustrialism, consumerism, postmodernism, McDonaldization, risk and globalization, and uses the insights of both classical and contemporary theorists of social change to highlight the potential of imaginative theorizing.
The question of consumption emerged as a major focus of research
and scholarship in the 1990s but the breadth and diversity of
consumer culture has not been fully enough explored. The meanings
of consumption, particularly in relation to lifestyle and identity,
are of great importance to academic areas including business
studies, sociology, cultural and media studies, psychology,
geography and politics. The SAGE Handbook of Consumer Culture is a
one-stop resource for scholars and students of consumption, where
the key dimensions of consumer culture are critically discussed and
articulated. The editors have organised contributions from a global
and interdisciplinary team of scholars into six key sections: Part
1: Sociology of Consumption Part 2: Geographies of Consumer Culture
Part 3: Consumer Culture Studies in Marketing Part 4: Consumer
Culture in Media and Cultural Studies Part 5: Material Cultures of
Consumption Part 6: The Politics of Consumer Culture
Social Theory in the Real World is concerned with illustrating the practical benefits of social theory. Many students find it hard to relate the real insights provided by social theory to their real life experiences, and many lecturers struggle to demonstrate the relevance of social theory to everyday life. This book offers an accessible, non-patronizing solution to the problem, demonstrating that social theory need not be remote and obscure, but if used in imaginative ways, it can be indispensable in challenging our common sense perceptions and understandings. The book identifies the key themes of contemporary social theory: mass society, postindustrialism, consumerism, postmodernism, McDonaldization, risk and globalization, and uses the insights of both classical and contemporary theorists of social change to highlight the potential of imaginative theorizing.
In Spaces for Consumption Steven Miles develops a penetrating
critique of a key shift characterising the contemporary city.
Theoretically informed, the other strength of the volume lies in
the wealth of examples that are drawn upon to show how cities are
becoming spaces for consumption, which has itself rapidly become a
global phenomenon." - Ronan Paddison, University of Glasgow "This
is a great book. Powerfully written and lucid, it provides a
thorough introduction to concepts of consumption as they relate to
the spaces of cities. The spaces themselves - the airports, the
shopping malls, the museums and cultural quarters - are analysed in
marvellous detail, and with a keen sense of historical precedent.
And, refreshingly, Miles doesn't simply dismiss cultures of
consumption out of hand, but shows how as consumers we are
complicit in, and help define those cultures. His book makes a
major contribution to our understanding of contemporary cities, but
is accessible enough to appeal to any reader with an interest in
this important area." - Richard Williams, Edinburgh University
Spaces for Consumption offers an in-depth and sophisticated
analysis of the processes that underpin the commodification of the
city and explains the physical manifestation of consumerism as a
way of life. Engaging directly with the social, economic and
cultural processes that have resulted in our cities being defined
through consumption this vibrant book clearly demonstrates the ways
in which consumption has come to play a key role in the
re-invention of the post-industrial city The book provides a
critical understanding of how consumption redefines the consumers'
relationship to place using empirical examples and case studies to
bring the issues to life. It discusses many of the key spaces and
arenas in which this redefinition occurs including: shopping themed
space mega-events architecture Developing the notion of 'contrived
communality' Steven Miles outlines the ways in which consumption,
alongside the emergence of an increasingly individualized society,
constructs a new kind of relationship with the public realm. Clear,
sophisticated and dynamic this book will be essential reading for
students and researchers alike in sociology, human geography,
architecture, planning, marketing, leisure and tourism, cultural
studies and urban studies.
In Spaces for Consumption Steven Miles develops a penetrating
critique of a key shift characterising the contemporary city.
Theoretically informed, the other strength of the volume lies in
the wealth of examples that are drawn upon to show how cities are
becoming spaces for consumption, which has itself rapidly become a
global phenomenon." - Ronan Paddison, University of Glasgow "This
is a great book. Powerfully written and lucid, it provides a
thorough introduction to concepts of consumption as they relate to
the spaces of cities. The spaces themselves - the airports, the
shopping malls, the museums and cultural quarters - are analysed in
marvellous detail, and with a keen sense of historical precedent.
And, refreshingly, Miles doesn't simply dismiss cultures of
consumption out of hand, but shows how as consumers we are
complicit in, and help define those cultures. His book makes a
major contribution to our understanding of contemporary cities, but
is accessible enough to appeal to any reader with an interest in
this important area." - Richard Williams, Edinburgh University
Spaces for Consumption offers an in-depth and sophisticated
analysis of the processes that underpin the commodification of the
city and explains the physical manifestation of consumerism as a
way of life. Engaging directly with the social, economic and
cultural processes that have resulted in our cities being defined
through consumption this vibrant book clearly demonstrates the ways
in which consumption has come to play a key role in the
re-invention of the post-industrial city The book provides a
critical understanding of how consumption redefines the consumers'
relationship to place using empirical examples and case studies to
bring the issues to life. It discusses many of the key spaces and
arenas in which this redefinition occurs including: shopping themed
space mega-events architecture Developing the notion of 'contrived
communality' Steven Miles outlines the ways in which consumption,
alongside the emergence of an increasingly individualized society,
constructs a new kind of relationship with the public realm. Clear,
sophisticated and dynamic this book will be essential reading for
students and researchers alike in sociology, human geography,
architecture, planning, marketing, leisure and tourism, cultural
studies and urban studies.
Airbnb, gaming, escape rooms, major sporting events: contemporary
capitalism no longer demands we merely consume things, but that we
buy experiences. This book is concerned with the social, cultural
and personal implications of this shift. The technologically-driven
world we live in is no closer to securing the utopian ideal of a
leisure society. Instead, the pursuit of leisure is often an
attempt to escape our everyday existence. Exploring examples
including sport, architecture, travel and social media, Steven
Miles investigates how consumer culture has colonised
'experiences', revealing the ideological and psycho-social tensions
at the heart of the 'experience society'. This first critical
analysis of the experience economy sheds light on capitalism's ever
more sophisticated infiltration of the everyday.
This book provides an introduction to the historical and theoretical foundations of consumerism. It then moves on to examine the experience of consumption in the areas of space and place, technology, fashion, `popular' music and sport. Throughout, the author brings a critical perspective to bear upon the subject, thus providing a reliable and stimulating guide to a complex and many-sided field.
This book provides an introduction to the historical and theoretical foundations of consumerism. It then moves on to examine the experience of consumption in the areas of space and place, technology, fashion, `popular' music and sport. Throughout, the author brings a critical perspective to bear upon the subject, thus providing a reliable and stimulating guide to a complex and many-sided field.
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