Chinese consumers: The Romantic reappraisal
@article{Griffiths2010ChineseCT, title={Chinese consumers: The Romantic reappraisal}, author={Michael B. Griffiths and M. Chapman and F. Christiansen}, journal={Ethnography}, year={2010}, volume={11}, pages={331 - 357} }
Drawing on evidence from Anshan City, Liaoning Province, the People’s Republic of China, we argue that the recent commodification and proliferation of idyllicized representations of rurality, a trend that runs directly counter to the symbolic infrastructure of China’s mass urbanization and industrialization, indicates a paradigm shift in Chinese consumer perceptions. We explore a theory of the ‘Romantic reappraisal of Chinese consumer values’, drawing upon the reappraisal of values ascribed to… CONTINUE READING
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