The consumer revolution in urban China
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The consumer revolution in urban China
（Studies on China, 22）
University of California Press, c2000
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-344) and index
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Description
After decades of egalitarian, restricted consumption, residents of China's cities are surrounded by a level of material comfort and commercial hype previously unimagined. This treatment of consumer revolution in China explores the interspersonal consequences of rapid commercialization. In the early 1980s, Beijing's communist leadership advocated decollectivization, foreign trade, and private entrepreneurship fo jump-start a stagnant economy, while explicitly rejecting any notion that economic reforms would promote political change. However, by the early 1990s the reforms in the marketplace not only produced double-digit growth but also enabled ordinary citizens to nurture dreams and social networks that challenged official discourse and conventions through millions of daily commercial transactions.
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Table
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: A Revolution in Consumption, by Deborah S. Davis
2. Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements in Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai, by David Fraser
3. Commercializing Childhood: Parental Purchases for Shanghai's Only Child, by Deborah S. Davis and Julia S. Sensenbrenner
4. What's in a Dress? Brides in the Hui Quarter of Xi'an, by Maris Gillette
5. The Revitalization of the Marketplace: Food Markets of Nanjing, by Ann Veeck
6. To Be Relatively Comfortable in an Egalatarian Society, by Hanlong Lu
7. Heart-to-Heart, Phone-to-Phone: Family Values, Sexuality, and the Politics of Shanghai's Advice Hotlines, by Kathleen Erwin
8. Greeting Cards in China: Mixed Language in Connections and Affections, by Mary S. Erbaugh
9. Of Hamburger and Social Space: Consuming McDonald's in Beijing, by Yunxiang Yan
10. Dancing through the Market Transition: Disco and Dance Hall Sociability in Shanghai, by James Farrer
11. Cultivating Friendship through Bowling in Shenzhen, by Gan Wang
12. Cigarettes and Domination in Chinese Business Networks: Institutional Change during the Market Transition, by David L. Wank
13. Public Monuments and Private Pleasures in the Parks of Nanjing: A Tango in the Ruins of the Ming, by Richard Kraus
14. Epilogue: The Second Liberation, by Richard Madsen
Contributors
Bibliography
Index
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Description
After decades of egalitarian, restricted consumption, residents of China's cities are surrounded by a level of material comfort and commercial hype unimaginable just ten years ago. In this first in-depth treatment of the consumer revolution in China, fourteen leading scholars of Chinese culture and society explore the interpersonal consequences of rapid commercialization. In the early 1980s, Beijing's communist leadership advocated decollectivization, foreign trade, and private entrepreneurship to jump-start a stagnant economy, while explicitly rejecting any notion that economic reforms would promote political change. However, by the early 1990s the reforms in the marketplace not only produced double-digit growth but also enabled ordinary citizens to nurture dreams and social networks that challenged official discourse and conventions through millions of daily commercial transactions. Using participant observation, contributors to this book describe and analyze a wide range of these changing consumer practices: luxury housing, white wedding gowns, greeting cards, McDonald's, discos, premium cigarettes, bowling, and more.
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Table Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: A Revolution in Consumption, by Deborah S. Davis 2. Inventing Oasis: Luxury Housing Advertisements in Reconfiguring Domestic Space in Shanghai, by David Fraser 3. Commercializing Childhood: Parental Purchases for Shanghai's Only Child, by Deborah S. Davis and Julia S. Sensenbrenner 4. What's in a Dress? Brides in the Hui Quarter of Xi'an, by Maris Gillette 5. The Revitalization of the Marketplace: Food Markets of Nanjing, by Ann Veeck 6. To Be Relatively Comfortable in an Egalatarian Society, by Hanlong Lu 7. Heart-to-Heart, Phone-to-Phone: Family Values, Sexuality, and the Politics of Shanghai's Advice Hotlines, by Kathleen Erwin 8. Greeting Cards in China: Mixed Language in Connections and Affections, by Mary S. Erbaugh 9. Of Hamburger and Social Space: Consuming McDonald's in Beijing, by Yunxiang Yan 10. Dancing through the Market Transition: Disco and Dance Hall Sociability in Shanghai, by James Farrer 11. Cultivating Friendship through Bowling in Shenzhen, by Gan Wang 12. Cigarettes and Domination in Chinese Business Networks: Institutional Change during the Market Transition, by David L. Wank 13. Public Monuments and Private Pleasures in the Parks of Nanjing: A Tango in the Ruins of the Ming, by Richard Kraus 14. Epilogue: The Second Liberation, by Richard Madsen Contributors Bibliography Index
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