The Art of Useless. Fashion, Media, and Consumer Culture in Contemporary China, Paperback - Calvin Hui

The Art of Useless offers an innovative way to understand China's political-economic, social, and cultural transformations, showing how consumer cu...

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Publisher: Brandeis University PressAuthor(s): David Der-wei WangNumber of pages: 296Collection: The Mandel Lectures in the Humanities atPublicatio...

Fun Mill. The Architecture of Creative Industry in Contemporary China looks closely on transforming existing real estate by promoting creative clus...

When nations decide to disown their troubled pasts, how does this strategic disavowal harden into social fact? In Negative Exposures, Margaret Hill...

A redefinition of contemporary Chinese art of the last forty years in the context of unprecedented cultural, political and urban transformation.Ill...

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Analyses historical, architectural, visual, literary, and philosophical perspectives on the Western-styled garden that formed part of the great Yua...

What does consumerism have to do with the sacraments? We live in cultures where our senses of meaning, identity, and purpose are often found in wha...

Reducere. Unconventional and provocative, My Life with Things is Elizabeth Chin's meditation on her relationship with consumer goods and a critical statement...

What is the relationship between gender and consumerism? Jennifer Scanlon gathers a collection of readings and archival materials to explore the mu...

Cutting-Edge Fashion Illustration focuses on ways to create exciting, modern digital fashion illustrations, providing inspiration and clear advice,...

The third edition of this concise core textbook offers students a comprehensive introduction to the politics, economy, culture and society of moder...

Instead of smoothing over contemporary art's violent and iconoclastic dimensions, instead of sanitizing and making complex artworks docile in terms...

An exhilarating scrapbook of the 1990s fashion-art scene in New York and Paris, with Bernadette Corporation, Susan Cianciolo, BLESS and DISIn this ...

DescriptionFor South Asia, fashion and consumption have come to play an increasingly important role in the lives of young people and in the formati...

This unique book offers guidance for Contemporary Art practices in dialogue with history, story, memory and tradition.Publisher: Taylor & Francis L...

Publisher: Hatje CantzIllustration(s): 150 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 242 x 280 x 22Cover type...

Challenging both the bureaucratic one-party regime and the Western neoliberal paradigm, China's leading critic shatters the myth of progress and re...

Reducere. Captains of Consciousness offers a historical look at the origins of the advertising industry and consumer society at the turn of the twentieth cen...

This study examines the culture of leadership-within the government, the Communist Party, and business-in contemporary China. The author analyzes t...

Explores contemporary Chinese urban youth culture through analyses of three Chinese Internet subcultural artifacts - A Bloody Case of a Steamed Bun...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Sheldon (University of California, Davis, USA) LuIllustration(s): 40 bw illusNumber of pages: 256Col...

Comprising a detailed study of more than 30 projects, Digital Architecture in China provides a comprehensive overview of how digital architecture i...

Summarizing the extant research on marketing communications, social media and word of mouth, this book clarifies terms often incorrectly and interc...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Kate GuthrieIllustration(s): 14 music examples, 10 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 306Collect...

Reducere. Is Chinese identity personal, national, cultural, political? Does it migrate, become malleable or transmuted? What is authentic, sacred, kitsch? Us...

In the early twenty-first century, China occupies a place on center stage in the international art world. But what does it mean to be a Chinese art...

This study examines the changing role of Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese in contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It analyzes how Tibetan B...

Based on interviews, conversations, and observations drawn from extensive field research, Jazz in Contemporary China: Shifting Sounds, Rising Scene...

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Publisher: Transcript VerlagAuthor(s): Moritz SchrammNumber of pages: 400Collection: Postmigration StudiesPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 159 x 3...

A practical guide to marketing, advertising, and public relations in a world of social media-empowered consumers. This step-by-step introduction to...

Contemporary Chinese Art examines China's thriving present-day cultural scene, from the country's issues of state control to its booming artistic m...

Reducere. In this, the 3rd book in our Journey to the West series, we wrap up the story of Sun Wukong's early years, before he joins the monk Xuanzang's litt...

DescriptionGirl on Girl looks at how women are using photography, the internet and the female gaze to explore self-image and female identity in con...

Reducere. "Cullen's strength comes from his understanding of how the different strands of American society intertwine in imaginative, unpredictable ways ... ...

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Reducere. Many years ago, a young orphan boy named Loot raised in a small village by his Viking foster parents was chased away into the forest.Loot ran high ...

DescriptionThis distinctive and enlightening book explores the invention and development of tea drinking in China, using tea culture to explore the...

Focusing on the activities and aspirations of the private entrepreneurs who are driving China's economic growth.

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Reducere. Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, the west central African kingdom of Kongo practiced Christianity and actively participated in t...

DescriptionArt today is defined by its relationship to money as never before. Prices have been driven to unprecedented heights, conventional bounda...

Reducere. Many years have passed seance Loot and Safrin left their home to live on their secluded island Loot has helped with many wars against humanity. Whe...

From its underground genesis during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76), contemporary Chinese art has become a dynamic and hugely influential force i...

Jesus Rocks is a universally appealing art book showcasing the icon in contemporary art, graphic design, advertising, and pop culture. Presenting a...

Beautiful China is the title of the Chinese government's broad policy to ensure the traditions and esthetics of Chinese culture not only survive as...

Publisher: Primary InformationNumber of pages: 104Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 210 x 298 x 10Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Mahmoo...