Book Reviews (Page 8)

García Canclini, Néstor (2001) Consumers and Citizens: Globalization and Multicultural Conflicts. University of Minnesota Press In Consumers and Citizens, García Canclini suggests the necessity to consider how the changes in modes of consumption have altered the possibilities of citizenship in the Latin American context. Through several essays the author proposesContinue Reading

Review: Harvey Molotch (2003), Where stuff comes from – how toasters, toilets, cars, computers and many other things come to be as they are. London: Taylor and Francis Elizabeth Shove and Matt Waton teach at the Department of Sociology, University of Lancaster ‘Where Stuff Comes From’ does an excellent jobContinue Reading