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The Art of Useless : Fashion, Media, and Consumer Culture in Contemporary China /
Since embarking on economic reforms in 1978, the People's Republic of China has also undergone a sweeping cultural reorganization, from proletarian culture under Mao to middle-class consumer culture today. Under these circumstances, how has a Chinese middle class come into being, and how has co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Columbia University Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | Global Chinese Culture
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction. The Trouble with Naming: Middle- Class Culture, Petty- Bourgeois Sensibility, and Zhuang
- Chapter One. Dirty Fashion: Ma Ke's Fashion Exhibit Useless (2007), Jia Zhangke's Documentary Film Useless (2007), and Cognitive Mapping
- Chapter Two. The High- Quality Suit, Class Struggle, and Cultural Revolution: The Politics of Consumption in Xie Tieli's Film Never Forget (1964)
- Chapter Three. "Mao's Children Are Wearing Fashion!": Romantic Love, Fashion Consumption, and Modernization Politics in Huang Zumo's Film Romance on Lu Mountain (1980)
- Chapter Four. Imag(in)ing the Chinese Middle- Class Culture: White- Collar Work, Romantic Love, and Fashion Consumption
- Chapter Five. Between Production and Consumption: Chinese Migrant Factory Workers in Documentary Films and Ethnographic Works
- Chapter Six. The Psychic Life of Rubbish: On Wang Jiuliang's Documentary Film Beijing Besieged by Waste (2010)
- NOTES
- WORKS CITED
- INDEX