Culture of the Slow [electronic resource] : Social Deceleration in an Accelerated World /
Osbaldiston, N.editor.
Across the world, there has been a growing dissatisfaction with the tempo of modern life. Described simply as the 'slow phenomenon', this volume explores this new brand of living that entails not simply slowing down but an embracing of alternative activities that promote meaning, thoughtfulness, engagement and authenticity.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Slow Culture: An Introduction; 1 The Time of Consumption; 2 From Fast Fashion to Connected Consumption: Slowing Down the Spending Treadmill; 3 You Eat What You Are: Cultivated Taste and the Pursuit of Authenticity in the Slow Food Movement; 4 Consuming Space Slowly: Reflections on Authenticity, Place and the Self; 5 Alternative Hedonism: The World by Bicycle; 6 Downshifting or Conspicuous Consumption? A Sociological Examination of Treechange as a Manifestation of Slow Culture; 7 Sensuality, Sexuality and the Eroticism of Slowness
8 Creativity Takes Time, Critique Needs Space: Re-Working the Political Investment of the Consumer through PleasureConclusion: Departing Notes on the Slow Narrative; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Across the world, there has been a growing dissatisfaction with the tempo of modern life. Described simply as the 'slow phenomenon', this volume explores this new brand of living that entails not simply slowing down but an embracing of alternative activities that promote meaning, thoughtfulness, engagement and authenticity.
Political sociology.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Sports-Sociological aspects.
Political Sociology.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Sociology of Culture.
Regional and Cultural Studies.
Sociology of Sport and Leisure.
Cultural Studies.