Consumer-citizens of China the role of foreign brands in the imagined future China

This book presents a comprehensive examination of Chinese consumer behaviour and challenges the previously dichotomous interpretation of the consumption of Western and non-Western brands in China. The dominant position is that Chinese consumers are driven by a desire to imitate the lifestyles of Wes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tian, Kelly (-)
Otros Autores: Dong, Lily
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge 2011.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Routledge Contemporary China Series ; 60.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009430921206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Imagining China, imagining brands
  • 2. Rethinking popular notions of Chinese consumers' motives for responding to Western brands
  • 3. Highlighted moments in the history of branded goods in China
  • 4. Foreign brands in China as global brands from the imagined West
  • 5. Chinese national narratives and the meanings of Western brands
  • 6. National narratives in imaginative processing of Western brand promotions
  • 7. Citizen-consumers in an age of globalization.