From the Margins to the Centre: Cultural Production and Consumption in the Post-Industrial City

Abstract

Contents: Fordism, post-Fordism and the contemporary city Left loafing: city cultures and postmodern lifestyles Regional variations: northernness and new urban economies of hedonism The interchangeable roles of the producer, consumer and cultural intermediary. The new pop fashion designer The ecstasy of urban regeneration: regulation of the night-time economy in the transition to a post-Fordist city The space that difference makes: negotiation urban identities through consumption practices The city as a site of ethical consumption and resistance Capitalist enterprise as a moral or political crusade: opportunities, constraints and contractions Shouting in the street: popular culture, values and the new ethnography.

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