Consumption in China : how China's new consumer ideology is shaping the nation /

Consumption practices in China have been transformed at an unprecedented pace. Under Mao Zedong, the state controlled nearly all aspects of what people consumed, from everyday necessities to entertainment and the media; today, shoddy state-run stores characterized by a dearth of choices have made wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yu, LiAnne (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; Malden MA : Polity Press, 2014
Cambridge, UK : 2014
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : 2014
Series:China today series (Cambridge, England)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Spaces
  • Status
  • Lifestyles
  • Commodification
  • Awareness
  • Consumption with Chinese characteristics
  • Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction
  • 2. Spaces
  • 3. Status
  • 4. Lifestyles
  • 5. Commodification
  • 6. Awareness
  • 7. Consumption with Chinese Characteristics.
  • note: 1 Introduction
  • 2. Spaces
  • 3. Status
  • 4. Lifestyles
  • 5. Commodification
  • 6. Awareness
  • 7. Consumption with Chinese Characteristics.
  • 1 Introduction 1
  • 2 Spaces 31
  • 3 Status 61
  • 4 Lifestyles 93
  • 5 Commodification 122
  • 6 Awareness 149
  • 7 Consumption with Chinese Characteristics 172