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Culture of the Slow

Social Deceleration in an Accelerated World

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Nick Osbaldiston

    1. Monash University, Australia

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Part of the book series: Consumption and Public Life (CUCO)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Slow Culture: An Introduction

    • Nick Osbaldiston
    Pages 1-18

  3. The Time of Consumption

    • Kim Humphery
    Pages 19-33

  4. From Fast Fashion to Connected Consumption: Slowing Down the Spending Treadmill

    • Juliet B. Schor
    Pages 34-51

  5. You Eat What You Are: Cultivated Taste and the Pursuit of Authenticity in the Slow Food Movement

    • Charles Lindholm, Siv B. Lie
    Pages 52-70

  6. Consuming Space Slowly: Reflections on Authenticity, Place and the Self

    • Nick Osbaldiston
    Pages 71-93

  7. Alternative Hedonism: The World by Bicycle

    • Martin Ryle, Kate Soper
    Pages 94-109

  8. Downshifting or Conspicuous Consumption? A Sociological Examination of Treechange as a Manifestation of Slow Culture

    • Angela T. Ragusa
    Pages 110-135

  9. Sensuality, Sexuality and the Eroticism of Slowness

    • Barnaby B. Barratt
    Pages 136-153

  10. Creativity Takes Time, Critique Needs Space: Re-Working the Political Investment of the Consumer through Pleasure

    • Roberta Sassatelli
    Pages 154-177

  11. Conclusion: Departing Notes on the Slow Narrative

    • Nick Osbaldiston
    Pages 178-192

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 193-195
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Monash University, Australia

    Nick Osbaldiston

About the editor

Barnaby B. Barratt, University of Cape Town, South Africa Kim Humphery, RMIT University, Australia Siv Lie, New York University, USA Charles Lindholm, Boston University, USA Angela Ragusa, Charles Sturt University (CSU), Australia Martin Ryle, University of Sussex, UK Roberta Sassatelli, University of Milan, Italy Juliet B. Schor, Boston College, USA Kate Soper, London Metropolitan University, UK

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