Life Is Not Complete Without Shopping
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Life Is Not Complete Without Shopping
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Author : Chua Beng Huat
language : en
Publisher: Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.
Release Date : 2013-07-15
Life Is Not Complete Without Shopping written by Chua Beng Huat and has been published by Flipside Digital Content Company Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-15 with Social Science categories.
One of the cliches that Singaporeans hold most dear is that their lives are a pursuit of the five c's: cash, cars, condominiums, credit cards, and club memberships. Over the last thirty years, Singaporeans have become accustomed to ever-increasing levels of consumption. Singapore's PAP government has 'delivered the goods', and this is recognized as a prime reason for its legitimacy. But what is the culture of this consumption? What does shopping say about Singapore society?
Not Buying It
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Author : Judith Levine
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2006-03-10
Not Buying It written by Judith Levine and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-10 with Social Science categories.
Many of us have tried to call a halt to our spending at one time or another. But what if we decided not to buy anything for a whole year? Obviously, we would need necessities like food and soap, but how would be manage without new clothes, treats, entertainment? Funny, smart and self-deprecating, Not Buying It is a close look at our society's obsession with shopping and the cold turkey confession of a woman we can all identify with -- someone who can't live without French roast coffee andexpensive wool socks, but who has had enough of spending money for the sake of it. Without consumer goods and experiences, Levine and her partner Paul pursue their careers, nurture family relationships and try to keep their sanity and humour intact. Tracking their progress and lapses, she contemplates the meanings of need and desire, scarcity and security, consumerism and citizenship. She asks the big questions -- can the economy survive without shopping? Are Q-tips a necessity? A thought-provoking account of the pleasures and perils of the purchase-driven life, Not Buying It will get readers talking about their reliance on the act of buying and the possibility of getting off the merry-go-round.
Singapore
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Singapore written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Singapore categories.
Liberalism Disavowed
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Author : Beng Huat Chua
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2017-06-19
Liberalism Disavowed written by Beng Huat Chua and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-19 with Political Science categories.
In Liberalism Disavowed, Beng Huat Chua examines the rejection of Western-style liberalism in Singapore since the nation’s expulsion from Malaysia and formal independence as a republic in 1965. The People’s Action Party, which has ruled Singapore since 1959, has forged an independent non-Western ideology that is evident in various government policies that Chua analyzes, among them multiracialism, public housing, and widespread social distributions to the citizenry. Singapore is prosperous and peaceful, it’s highly advanced on various metrics of economic development, it has a great deal of regional influence, it is home to sophisticated industries and a large financial service sector, and it features what are by Western standards unusually low levels of social inequality. Paradoxically, however, it is no beacon of political liberalism. Chua sets forth ample evidence that the dominance of the People’s Action Party is based on a combination of economic success and media control, limits on public protests, libel suits against political opponents, and severely curtailed civil liberties.
Structure Audience And Soft Power In East Asian Pop Culture
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Author : Beng Huat Chua
language : en
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Release Date : 2012-03-01
Structure Audience And Soft Power In East Asian Pop Culture written by Beng Huat Chua and has been published by Hong Kong University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-01 with Social Science categories.
East Asian pop culture can be seen as an integrated cultural economy emerging from the rise of Japanese and Korean pop culture as an influential force in the distribution and reception networks of Chinese language pop culture embedded in the ethnic Chinese diaspora. Taking Singapore as a locus of pan-Asian Chineseness, Chua Beng Huat provides detailed analysis of the fragmented reception process of transcultural audiences and the processes of audiences’ formation and exercise of consumer power and engagement with national politics. In an era where exercise of military power is increasingly restrained, pop culture has become an important component of soft power diplomacy and transcultural collaborations in a region that is still haunted by colonization and violence. The author notes that the aspirations behind national governments' efforts to use popular culture is limited by the fragmented nature of audiences who respond differently to the same products; by the danger of backlash from other members of the importing country's population that do not consume the popular culture products in question; and by the efforts of the primary consuming country, the People's Republic of China to shape products through co-production strategies and other indirect modes of intervention.
Vintage Singapore
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language : en
Publisher: Didier Millet,Csi
Release Date : 2006
Vintage Singapore written by and has been published by Didier Millet,Csi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Collectibles categories.
A retrospective of the recent past, Vintage Singapore evokes a strong sense of nostalgia and highlights the continuous rebirth of old familiar styles.
Proteus
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Proteus written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with American literature categories.
The Home Manual Everybody S Guide In Social Domestic And Business Life A Treasury Of Useful Information For The Million
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Author : Mrs. John A. Logan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
The Home Manual Everybody S Guide In Social Domestic And Business Life A Treasury Of Useful Information For The Million written by Mrs. John A. Logan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Conduct of life categories.
Prov Rep Vietnam
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Author : Jan H. Vanderbie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Prov Rep Vietnam written by Jan H. Vanderbie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Political Science categories.
Mid Pacific Magazine
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Author : Alexander Hume Ford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1915
Mid Pacific Magazine written by Alexander Hume Ford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1915 with Hawaii categories.