Happy Lunar New Year from the USC US-China Institute!
Reconfiguring Class: Fashion, Consumption and Labor in Contemporary China
Duke University presents a conference on contemporary China's fashion, labor and consumption trends.
When:
December 2, 2011 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Speakers:
Eileen Otis, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Oregon, "Serving People: The Class and Gender Construction of Consumer Markets in China's Service Sector"
Calvin Hui, Doctoral Candidate, Program in Literature, Duke University, "Fashion, Consumption, and Petty Bourgeois Sensibility"
Discussant:
Ralph Litzinger, Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Duke University
Cost:
Free
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