TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abaza,Mona
TI  - Changing consumer cultures of modern Egypt: Cairo's urban reshaping 
T2  - Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia,
SN  - 9789047410478
AV  - HF5415.33.E32 C33 2006eb
U1  - 306.30962/16 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Consumer behavior
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Cairo
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Lifestyles
KW  - Consommateurs
KW  - Comportement
KW  - Égypte
KW  - Le Caire
KW  - Style de vie
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Cultural Policy
KW  - Popular Culture
KW  - fast
KW  - Economic history
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Consumentengedrag
KW  - gtt
KW  - Cultuurverandering
KW  - Cairo (Egypt)
KW  - Economic conditions
KW  - Egypte
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Consumer culture in divided Cairo -- Consumer studies in the Middle East : the blind spot -- Memories -- The sixties' leisure classes -- A new consumer culture -- Cairo's shopping malls : the urban reshaping
N2  - This book consists of a collage of images that attempts to convey the transformation of consumer culture and how it is related to the urban reshaping of the city of Cairo to meet with the demands of globalisation. Analyzing the shift from socialist economy to the opening up of Egypt's economy, and how this has affected everyday life of the middle classes, the author touches on various themes such as the general changing lifestyles and conspicuous consumption, the spread of mobile phones, and coffee shops, the gated communities and secondary resorts. The "folklorisation of culture" through the flowering tourist industry, the expansion of local crafts, plastic surgery and the body as a site of consumption are all analysed. Although being influenced by the discourse of the Frankfurt school on the culture industry, this work attempts to highlight the paradoxes pertaining to the democratising effects of consumer culture without denying the growing flagrant class polarisation. The readership includes: sociologists, historians, Middle East specialists, cultural studies specialists and all those who are interested in integrating visual art with sociological investigation
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