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 Chinas 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.

Publisher: Columbia University Press Author(s): Calvin Hui Number of pages: 280 Collection: Global Chinese Culture Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 152 x 226 x 18 Cover type: Paperback / softback.