Consumers And Citizens

Globalization and Multicultural Conflicts

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
Cover of the book Consumers And Citizens by Nestor Garcia Canclini, University of Minnesota Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Nestor Garcia Canclini ISBN: 9781452905693
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press Publication: March 20, 2001
Imprint: Univ Of Minnesota Press Language: English
Author: Nestor Garcia Canclini
ISBN: 9781452905693
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Publication: March 20, 2001
Imprint: Univ Of Minnesota Press
Language: English

In *Consumers and Citizens,* Néstor García Canclini, the best-known and most innovative cultural studies scholar in Latin America, maps the critical effects of urban sprawl and global media and commodity markets on citizens-and shows at the same time that the complex results mean not only a shrinkage of certain traditional rights (particularly those of the welfare or client state) but also new openings for expanding citizenship. 

García Canclini focuses on the diverse ways in which democratic societies recognize markets of citizen opinions, however heterogeneous and dissonant, as in the fashion and entertainment industries. He shows how identity issues, brought to the fore by the aligning of citizenship and consumption, can no longer be understood strictly within the purview of territory or nation. Rather, the postmodern citizen-consumer inhabits a transterritorial and multilingual space, structured more along the lines of markets than states. Defining this space, García Canclini seeks to formulate a participatory and critical approach to consumption in which national culture, far from being extinguished, is reconstituted in transnational, cultural interactions.  

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

In *Consumers and Citizens,* Néstor García Canclini, the best-known and most innovative cultural studies scholar in Latin America, maps the critical effects of urban sprawl and global media and commodity markets on citizens-and shows at the same time that the complex results mean not only a shrinkage of certain traditional rights (particularly those of the welfare or client state) but also new openings for expanding citizenship. 

García Canclini focuses on the diverse ways in which democratic societies recognize markets of citizen opinions, however heterogeneous and dissonant, as in the fashion and entertainment industries. He shows how identity issues, brought to the fore by the aligning of citizenship and consumption, can no longer be understood strictly within the purview of territory or nation. Rather, the postmodern citizen-consumer inhabits a transterritorial and multilingual space, structured more along the lines of markets than states. Defining this space, García Canclini seeks to formulate a participatory and critical approach to consumption in which national culture, far from being extinguished, is reconstituted in transnational, cultural interactions.  

More books from University of Minnesota Press

Cover of the book The Long Take by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book Japanese Counterculture by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book Fuel by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book Pink Ribbons, Inc. by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book Northern Pike by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book World Projects by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book Subterranean Twin Cities by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book Shopping Our Way to Safety by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book Double Visions, Double Fictions by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book Markets by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book The Architecture of Madness by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book The World and All the Things upon It by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book The Price of Thirst by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book UW Struggle by Nestor Garcia Canclini
Cover of the book Exploring the Boundary Waters by Nestor Garcia Canclini
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy