ABSTRACT
An examination of the relationship between space, place and consumption offers important insights into some of the most powerful forces constructing contemporary societies. Space and place are made and remade through consumption. Yet how do cultures of consumption discover space, and how do they construct place? This book addresses these questions by exploring the implications of conceptualizing consumption as a spatial, increasingly global, yet intensely localized activity. The work develops integrative approaches that articulate the processes involved in the production and consumption of space and place. The result is a varied, engaging, and innovative study of consumption and its role in structuring contemporary capitalist political economies.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|41 pages
The Consumption of Space and Place
chapter Chapter 4|16 pages
Frontier Spaces of Production and Consumption
chapter Chapter 5|24 pages
Recognition and Redistribution in the Renegotiation of Rural Space
part II|39 pages
Consumption in Space and Place
chapter Chapter 6|24 pages
Ethical Campaigning and Buyer-Driven Commodity Chains
chapter Chapter 7|14 pages
The Cultural Economy of the Boutique Hotel
part III|51 pages
Consumption as Connection/Disconnection/Reconnection
chapter Chapter 8|26 pages
Manufacturing Meaning along the Chicken Supply Chain
chapter Chapter 9|24 pages
Place and Space in Alternative Food Networks
part IV|63 pages
Consumption as Production and Production as Consumption