The Libidinal Economy of China : Gender, Nationalism, and Consumer Culture 9780739192634, 9780739192627

The Labour of Enjoyment: Towards a Critique of Libidinal Economy

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China Made: Consumer Culture and the Creation of the Nation 0674016548, 9780674016545

"Chinese people should consume Chinese products!" This slogan was the catchphrase of a movement in early twent

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The Art of Useless: Fashion, Media, and Consumer Culture in Contemporary China 9780231549837

The Art of Useless offers an innovative way to understand China’s political-economic, social, and cultural transformatio

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Temporary and Gig Economy Workers in China and Japan: The Culture of Unequal Work 0192849697, 9780192849694

While a large number of studies exist on political-economic institutional explanations for the prevalence of precarious

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The Political Economy of Communist China 070022257X

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The Economy of China 1422221571, 9781422221570

The books in this series will help students form an accurate, comprehensive, and balanced understanding of China as it e

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Rise of the Consumer in Modern China 9781844640997, 9781844641000

A unique and far-reaching study of China's contemporary social changes from the perspectives of consumption and con

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Nationalism and the Politics of Culture in Quebec 0299115143, 9780299115142

Richard Handler's pathbreaking study of nationalistic politics in Quebec is a striking and successful example of th

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Chinese medicine men: consumer culture in China and Southeast Asia 9780674021617

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The Politics of Aesthetics: Nationalism, Gender, Romanticism 9781503620032

This book suggests that modern cultural and critical institutions have persistently associated questions of aesthetics a

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