Description
| Product ID: | 9780231192491 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Global Chinese Culture |
| Title: | The Art of Useless |
| Subtitle: | Fashion, Media, and Consumer Culture in Contemporary China |
| Authors: | Author: Calvin Hui |
| Page Count: | 280 |
| Subjects: | Society and culture: general, Society & culture: general |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The Art of Useless offers an innovative way to understand China’s political-economic, social, and cultural transformations, showing how consumer culture helps anticipate, produce, and shape a new middle-class subjectivity. Calvin Hui examines changing representations of the production and consumption of fashion in documentaries and films. |
| Imprint Name: | Columbia University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Columbia University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-09-21 |
