Consumption and modernity in a village in South China
Chow King Mun. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 139-144). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Abstract (in English and Chinese) --- p.iv-v ; Acknowledgements --- p.vi ; Notes --- p.vii ; List of Figures --- p.viii ; List of Diagrams and Tables --- p.viii ; Figures ; Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.1 --- The Aim of the Study ; Chapter 1.2 --- The Road to Chinese Modernity ; Chapter 1.3 --- Modernity and Consumption ; Chapter 1.4 --- Theories of Consumption ; Chapter 1.5 --- Consumption in China ; Chapter 1.6 --- "A Brief Overview of the Tian Village, Zhongshan" ; Chapter 1.7 --- Methodology ; Chapter 1.8 --- Summary of the Chapters Making up the Thesis ; Chapter 1.9 --- Significance of Study ; Chapter 2. --- Tian Village and its Environment --- p.27 ; Chapter 2.1 --- The Xiaolan Town ; Chapter 2.2 --- The Tian Village ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Background ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- The Dramatic Transformation of the Village ; Chapter 2.2.3 --- The Economic Activities ; Chapter 2.2.4 --- Education Level ; Chapter 2.2.5 --- Migrant Labourers ; Chapter 2.3 --- Summary ; Chapter 3. --- Aspiring to be Modern --- p.52 ; Chapter 3.1 --- What is Modernity? ; Chapter 3.2 --- The Aspirations of Older and Younger Villagers ; Chapter 3.2.1 --- The young generation ; Chapter 3.2.2 --- The old generation ; Chapter 3.3.3 --- The hardships of the older villagers ; Chapter 3.3 --- The Government Initiatives ; Chapter 3.4 --- The Hong Kong Influences ; Chapter 3.5 --- The Discourses of Modernity ; Chapter 3.6 --- Summary ; Chapter 4. --- Striving for a Better Life --- p.78 ; Chapter 4.1 --- Strategies to earn money ; Chapter 4.2 --- Case Study 1: Big Brother ; Chapter 4.3 --- Case Study 2: Ah Ming's mother ; Chapter 4.4 --- Case Study 3: AhYan ; Chapter 4.5 --- Case Study 4: Mr He ; Chapter 4.6 --- Summary ; Chapter 5. --- Consumption and Modernity --- p.92 ; Chapter 5.1 --- Interpreting modernity: Consumption as a strategy ; Chapter 5.1.1 --- Housing ...
