Fashion and the consumer revolution in contemporary Russia / Olga Gurova.

By:

Gurova, Olga [author.]

Series: Routledge contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe series ; 58.Publisher: London : Routledge, 2017Description: xv, 182 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type:

text
still image

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781138577084 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

TT497

Summary: This text explores how clothing consumption has changed in Russia in the past 20 years as capitalism has emerged in a post-socialist state, bringing with it a 'consumer revolution' or possibly, the author suggests, overconsumption. It shows how there has been and continues to be a massive growth in the fashion retail market, how ideal lifestyles portrayed in glossy magazines and other media have contributed to this, as have changes in the structure of economic institutions and markets.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
2 week loan	Hockney Library DHB Main Collection	338.47391/GUR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		7412445150

Originally published: 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This text explores how clothing consumption has changed in Russia in the past 20 years as capitalism has emerged in a post-socialist state, bringing with it a 'consumer revolution' or possibly, the author suggests, overconsumption. It shows how there has been and continues to be a massive growth in the fashion retail market, how ideal lifestyles portrayed in glossy magazines and other media have contributed to this, as have changes in the structure of economic institutions and markets.

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