TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abaza, Mona
TI  - Changing consumer cultures of modern Egypt: Cairo's urban reshaping 
SN  - 9774160444 (hbk.)
AV  - HF5415.33.E32 C33 2006
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cairo, Egypt
PB  - The American University in Cairo Press
KW  - Consumer behavior
KW  - Egypt
KW  - Cairo
KW  - Consumers
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Lifestyles
KW  - Cairo (Egypt)
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Economic conditions
N1  - Also published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006; Includes bibliographical references (p.[295]-303) and index; Introduction -- Consumer culture in divided Cairo -- Consumer studies in the Middle East -- Memories -- The sixties leisure classes -- A new consumer culture -- Cairos shopping malls : the urban reshaping
N2  - Having studied consumerism in Singapore and Kuala Lampur, Abaza (sociology, American U., Cairo) returned to Cairo to find similar developments there. She began making observations in malls and interviewing managers, workers, and public but soon realized that consumer culture thrived away from the glitter as well, in coffee houses, cuisines, and other mundane matters. Among her findings is that consumerism does not necessarily equate with homogenization because Egyptians do it differently than, for example, Indonesians and Chinese. Annotation #169;2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc
ER  -