involvement. In assessing the nationalist discourse, debates on the morality of consumption and public and private spheres, the … book demonstrates how the Indian consumer was both imagined and informed and how the politics of consumption formed the … contemporary theories of consumption, the book collectively analyzes the development of consumer capitalism aided by the …

pt. I. Theoretical and methodological perspectives on consumption -- pt. II. Consumers and markets : introduction -- pt …. III. Global challenges in consumption : introduction -- pt. IV. Politics and policies of consumption : introduction -- pt …. V. Consumption and social divisions : introduction -- pt. VI. Contested consumption : introduction -- pt. VII. Culture …

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Confronting Consumption -- I - The Consumption Angle -- 2 - Consumption and Its … - Commoditization: Consumption Efficiency and an Economy of Care and Connection -- II - Chains of Consumption -- 5 - Distancing …: Consumption and the Severing of Feedback -- 6 - Consumption and Environment in a Global Economy -- 7 - The Distancing of Waste …