Time and Commodity Culture

Time and Commodity Culture
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 0198159471
ISBN-13 : 9780198159476
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Book Synopsis Time and Commodity Culture by : John Frow

Download or read book Time and Commodity Culture written by John Frow and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time and Commodity Culture is a detailed and theoretically sophisticated account of the cultural systems of postmodernity. Through a series of four linked essays on postmodern theory, tourism, gift exchange and commodity exchange, and the social organization of memory, it explores some of the implications of the commodification of culture for the contemporary and postmodern world.


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