Contemporary Urban Japan: A Sociology of Consumption

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.Content:
Chapter 1 Approaching Japan through the Study of Consumption (pages 1–25):
Chapter 2 Consumption and Urban Cultures in the Japanese City (pages 26–50):
Chapter 3 The Context of Desire: The Political Economy of Consumption (pages 51–67):
Chapter 4 Shopping and the Social Self (pages 58–84):
Chapter 5 Gender, Class and the Internationalization of Consumption (pages 85–109):
Chapter 6 Consuming Bodies: Media and the Construction and Representation of the Body (pages 110–134):
Chapter 7 Sites and Sights: The Consuming Eye and the Arts of the Imagination in Japanese Tourism (pages 135–151):
Chapter 8 Theorizing Consumption in Urban Japan (pages 152–168):