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.

chapter |78 pages

Introduction

Grounding Consuming Space2

chapter Chapter 1|38 pages

Introduction

Situating Consumption, Space and Place

chapter Chapter 2|16 pages

Multiple Spaces of Consumption

Some Historical Perspectives

chapter Chapter 3|22 pages

The Seduction of Space

part I|41 pages

The Consumption of Space and Place

chapter Chapter 4|16 pages

Frontier Spaces of Production and Consumption

Surfaces, Appearances and Representations on the ‘Mayan Riviera'

chapter Chapter 5|24 pages

Recognition and Redistribution in the Renegotiation of Rural Space

The Dynamics of Aesthetic and Ethical Critiques

part II|39 pages

Consumption in Space and Place

chapter Chapter 6|24 pages

Ethical Campaigning and Buyer-Driven Commodity Chains

Transforming Retailers' Purchasing Practices?

chapter Chapter 7|14 pages

The Cultural Economy of the Boutique Hotel

The Case of the Schrager and W Hotels in New York

part III|51 pages

Consumption as Connection/Disconnection/Reconnection

chapter Chapter 8|26 pages

Manufacturing Meaning along the Chicken Supply Chain

Consumer Anxiety and the Spaces of Production

chapter Chapter 9|24 pages

Place and Space in Alternative Food Networks

Connecting Production and Consumption

part IV|63 pages

Consumption as Production and Production as Consumption

chapter Chapter 10|24 pages

Creating Palate Geographies

Chilean Wine and UK Consumption Spaces

chapter Chapter 11|18 pages

Consuming Burmese Teak

Anatomy of a Violent Luxury Resource

chapter Chapter 12|20 pages

Space for Change or Changing Spaces

Exploiting Virtual Spaces of Consumption 1