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The Chinese Lifestyle: The Reconfiguration of the Middle Class in Contemporary China book cover

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The Chinese Lifestyle The Reconfiguration of the Middle Class in Contemporary China

By Alfonso Sanchez-Romera Copyright 2023
196 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

196 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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The research presented in this book explores the formation of the middle class in contemporary urban China. Including case studies on middle-class professionals living in Beijing, this book analyses how social and economic changes to Chinese society create a middle-class lifestyle and new forms of distinction with a particular focus on the social construction of identity. Looking through the... Read more

Introduction: The Paradigm of the Middle Class in Contemporary China

1.  The Discursive Reconfiguration: Class and Discourse Construction After Reform

2.  The Intellectual Reconfiguration. Definitions, Ideology and the Hidden Agenda

3.  Class Reproduction and Cultural Consumption: The Reconfiguration of the Distinctive Trajectories from the Centre

4.  Celebrities, Happiness, and Romance: The Reconfiguration of the Motivation to Achieve

5.  Family, Friends, and the Community: The Reconfiguration of the Private and Public Spheres

Conclusions: New Configurations to a Post-Pandemic Future

Biography

Alfonso Sánchez-Romera is a researcher at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (InterAsia Research Group) and postdoctoral fellow at Freie Universität Berlin. He graduated in Humanities and East Asian Studies and holds a PhD in Intercultural Studies. His research interests include middle class, Chinese society and discourse analysis.

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