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The changing landscape of China's consumerism /
Consumerism in China has developed rapidly. The Changing Landscape of China's Consumerism looks at the growth of consumerism in China from both a socio-economic and a political/cultural angle. It examines changing trends in consumption in China as well as the impact of these trends on society,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Chandos Publishing,
2014.
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| Colección: | Chandos Asian studies series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; The Changing Landscape of China's Consumerism; Copyright; Contents; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; About the editor; About the contributors; Introduction Iron rice bowls and plastic money: the push and pull of consumerism's rise in capitalist/ communist China; Notes; 1:In pursuit of status: the rising consumerism of China's middle class; Introduction; Tastes, symbols, and lifestyles: consumers of media; Cultural and social consumers; Consumption of education; Consumers of technology and online shopping; Home ownership; Images of the 'explosive rich' versus the 'cultured'
- ConclusionNotes; 2:Mao's children are wearing fashion!; Introduction; The portrait of the female factory worker in her red dress; The revisionist narrative and its discontents; Conclusion: from gender to sexuality
- the sexual politics of fashion and consumption; Notes; 3: Learning to consume Tibet; Notes; 4:Dolce & Banana, A Shanzhai Creator's Manual: production and consumption of fake in contemporary Chinese art practices ; Introduction; Chinese paintings, calligraphies, and their forgeries; Canton export paintings; 'Capitalism with Chinese characteristics!'
- fakes and knock-offs.
- Shanzhai spirit
- creativity and innovation'Never meant to copy
- only want to surpass': shanzhai architecture and villages; The art of shanzhai
- Dafen Oil Painting Village; The new artist-clients; Conclusion; Notes; 5:Thriving medical consumerism in the margin of the state: a case study of medical pluralism in Southwest China; The problem; The theories; The setting; The medicines; Concluding observations; Notes; 6:Frugalists, anti-consumers, and prosumers: Chinese philosophical perspectives on consumerism; Introduction; Are Confucians 'capitalist-roaders'?
- Can Confucians be consumer-capitalists? Can consumer-capitalists be Confucian?Anti-consumers and prosumers: Mohists and Daoists; Concluding reflections; Notes; 7:'To live is to serve the people': the spirit of model soldier Lei Feng in postmodernity; Introduction; 'The Lei Feng spirit will always exist!'; Lei Feng enthusiasm: activities and propaganda; Consumption, irony, and commerce; Concluding remarks; Notes; 8:Advertising and China: How does a love/hate relationship work?; Guess who's back?; Capitalist or socialist, that is the question; Dancing with wolves; The show must go on; Notes.