{"product_id":"consumption-intensified-9780822328940","title":"Consumption Intensified","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExamines how self-identified middle class Brazilians in Sao Paulo redefined their class during Brazil's economic crisis of 1981-1994. Illuminating the intricate relation between identity and local and global consumption, this work is suitable for students and scholars in anthropology and Latin American studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An outstanding book. . . . The first extensive treatment in English of the problems of Brazilian modernity and consumerism.”—Richard Wilk, Indiana University\u003cbr\u003e“This fascinating and important book is based on a solid foundation of fieldwork and research. O’Dougherty introduces new paradigms and new approaches, and not just for Brazilianists.”—Timothy Burke, Swarthmore College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1. The Dream Class is Over: Home Ownership, Consumption, and (Re)definitions of Middle-Class Identity \u003cbr\u003e 2. Shopping Nightmares, Banking Games, Government Packages: Local Shopping During Inflation \u003cbr\u003e 3. The Discrete Sales of the Middle Class: Gender and Generation in a Globalizing Economy \u003cbr\u003e 4. The International in Daily Life: Of Debutantes and Disney \u003cbr\u003e 5. International Bargain Shopping and the Making of Modernity \u003cbr\u003e 6. Delivering the Crisis: The Media and the Middle Class through the Collor Years \u003cbr\u003e 7. The Middle Class versus the Nation: Discourses of Region\/Race and Morality \u003cbr\u003e 8. Deliverance: An End to Inflation and the Promise of Neoliberalism \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406029857111,"sku":"9780822328940","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822328940.jpg?v=1730494300","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/consumption-intensified-9780822328940","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}