Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel
Class formation and consumption among middle-class professionals in Shenzhen
This paper explores the role of consumption in defining Chinese middle-class identity by examining the consumption practices of urban professionals. It is widely agreed that China has a thriving middle class. The exact definition of this middle class, however, is disputed by scholars and the Chinese popular press. Debates about class are also manifest in the daily lives of urban professionals. One of the most interesting areas in which identity is contested is that of consumption. The research is based on 60 in-depth interviews among professionals conducted in Shenzhen in the period 2004-2010. New wealth means that the myriad of goods on offer is accessible to large sections of the urban population. Professionals have become keen and selective shoppers. Many describe their consumption practices as informed by their own highly individualistic taste. This paper argues that professional consumption practices sometimes express individual taste but, more importantly, serve to articulate a collective social identity.
- Weitere Titel
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Klassenformation und Konsum unter den Mittelklasse-Fachkräften in Shenzhen
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Umfang
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Seite(n): 187-211
- ISSN
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1868-4874
- Anmerkungen
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Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
- Erschienen in
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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 40(1)
- Thema
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Soziologie, Anthropologie
Wirtschaftssoziologie
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
Mittelschicht
Medien
Konsum
Lebensstil
Verbraucher
China
Asien
schichtspezifische Faktoren
Fachkraft
Stadtbevölkerung
Individualisierung
Berichterstattung
Identität
Konsumverhalten
soziale Mobilität
soziale Ungleichheit
empirisch
empirisch-qualitativ
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Elfick, Jacqueline
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wo)
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Deutschland
- (wann)
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2011
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-4089
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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21.06.2024, 16:27 MESZ
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Objekttyp
- Zeitschriftenartikel
Beteiligte
- Elfick, Jacqueline
Entstanden
- 2011
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