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Bridal photos and diamond rings: the inequality of romantic consumption in China

机译:新娘照片和钻戒:中国浪漫消费的不平等

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Abstract Although sociological insights into the relationship between consumption and class are mostly borne out by current research in the Chinese context, it is important to consider the implications of applying such an analytic framework—which arose within American and European social contexts—to contemporary China. This paper examines the relationship between consumption and class relations. Drawing on ethnographic research and interviews with young urban professionals in Beijing and Nanjing and young rural migrants in Shenzhen, it asks how individuals from these two socioeconomic cohorts participate in the ritual of romantic consumption. In particular, the paper asks how individuals from these groups think about and rationalise their decisions surrounding two wedding-related consumer items: bridal photography and diamond engagement rings. The discussion reveals some distinct features in class formation in contemporary China, where class structures are fluid, unstable and still in the process of being defined.
机译:摘要尽管对消费与阶级之间关系的社会学见解大多被当前在中国的研究所证实,但重要的是要考虑将这种分析框架应用于美国和欧洲的社会环境对当代中国的意义。本文研究了消费与阶级关系之间的关系。借助人种学研究以及对北京和南京的年轻城市专业人士以及深圳的年轻农村移民的访谈,它询问了这两个社会经济群体中的个人如何参与浪漫消费的仪式。特别是,本文提出了来自这些群体的个人如何围绕与婚礼相关的两个消费项目:新娘摄影和钻石订婚戒指,思考和合理化他们的决定。讨论揭示了当代中国阶级形成的一些鲜明特征,即阶级结构是不稳定的,不稳定的并且仍在确定的过程中。

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