New Consumer Culture in China: The Flower Market and New Everyday Consumption - Paperback

by XI Liu (Author)

This book looks at the recent emergence of "new ordinary consumption," in urban China and defines new ordinary consumption as a consumer practice in which people routinely integrate products and items, traditionally reserved for special occasions, into their daily lives, to accentuate their own well-being.

Author Biography

Xi Liu is an Associate Professor of Marketing in the School of Economics and Management of Tsinghua University. She does research on new consumption culture in China. She teaches qualitative marketing research at the doctoral level, and marketing class at the MBA and undergraduate levels.