Consumption and the Transformation of Everyday Life: A View from South India (Consumption and Public Life) - Hardcover

Wilhite, H.

 
9780230542549: Consumption and the Transformation of Everyday Life: A View from South India (Consumption and Public Life)

Synopsis

Harold Wilhite makes an important new contribution to the interpretation of changing consumption in India, using an ethnographic approach to interrogate the rapid growth in the consumption of household durables, beauty and cleanliness products, exploring how the engagement of local practices with the globalizing economy result in change.

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About the Author

Harold Wilhite is Associate Professor at the University of Oslo's Centre for Development and Environment, Norway. He has carried out anthropological research in several regions of the World, including the USA, Norway, Japan and India. He has published on consumption, development and sustainable energy use.

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