Lifestyle Media in Asia: Consumption, Aspiration and Identity

by Fran Martin

Book Overview

Across Asia, consumer culture is increasingly shaping everyday life, with neoliberal economic and social policies increasingly adopted by governments who see their citizens as individualised, sovereign consumers with choices about their lifestyles and identities. One aspect of this development has been the emergence of new wealthy middle classes with lifestyle aspirations shaped by national, regional and global media - especially by a range of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113883145X
• ISBN13: 9781138831452
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"