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Fashion and the Consumer Revolution in Contemporary Russia

Olga Gurova author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:28th Oct '14

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This book explores how clothing consumption has changed in Russia in the past 20 years as capitalism has grown in a postsocialist state, bringing with it a "consumer revolution." It shows how there has been and continues to be a massive change in the fashion retail market and how ideal lifestyles portrayed in glossy magazines and other media have contributed to the consumer revolution, as have shifts in the social structure and everyday life. Overall, the book, which includes the findings of extensive original research, including in-depth interviews with consumers, relates changes in fashion and retail to changing outlooks, identities, and ideologies in Russia more generally. The mentioned changes are also linked to the theoretical concept of fashion formed in postsocialist society.

ISBN: 9780415841351

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 408g

182 pages