Consumer Culture and Postmodernism

Preface to the First Edition viii Preface to the Second Edition xiv Modern and Postmodern: Definitions and Interpretations 1(12) Theories of Consumer Culture 13(15) Towards a Sociology of Postmodern Culture 28(22) Cultural Change and Social Practice 50(14) The Aestheticization of Everyday Life 64(17) Lifestyle and Consumer Culture 81(12) City Cultures and Postmodern Lifestyles 93(17) Consumer Culture and Global Disorder 110(17) Common Culture or Uncommon Cultures? 127(15) The Globalization of Diversity 142(5) Modernity and the Cultural Question 147(35) Bibliography 182(16) Index 198