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COMTEMP URBAN JAPAN: A Sociology of Consumption (IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series)

COMTEMP URBAN JAPAN: A Sociology of Consumption (IJURR Studies in Urban and Social Change Book Series)

by JohnClammer (Author)

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    Paperback 1997

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Synopsis

This volume demonstrates a fresh approach to urban studies as well as a new way of looking at contemporary Japan which links economy and society in an innovative way.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 196
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 14 Nov 1997
ISBN 10: 0631203028
ISBN 13: 9780631203025

Media Reviews
Contemporary Urban Japan is a useful book: simultaneously a thoughtful window into a consumerist urban Japan, and an engaging challenge to conventional understandings of consumption, modernity, and social theory. A Latham, University of Auckland I found the book to be creative, very current about the latest trends and extraordinarily interesting. It provides a framework for understanding the various consumer crazes that are always so apparent in Japan ... as well as a novel and fruitful approach for presenting details about the physical form, patterns of land use and daily rountines of Tokyo and cities like it. An important addition to the social science literature about contemporary Japan, as well as a contribution of interest to scholars working on the space--society nexus in contemporary urban culture in any post--modern or post--industrial society. Roman Cybriwsky, Temple University Clammera s Sociology of Consumption opens a window on Japanese urban society that is as intriguing as it is informative. His complex analysis ranges across a vast array of topics. Michael Tansey, Service Industries Journal
Author Bio
John Clammer is Professor of Comparative Sociology and Asian Studies at Sophia University, Tokyo.