'A momentary glow of fraternity': narratives of Chinese nationalism and capitalism

Identities

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-366

  Ong, Aihwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Chinese culture; Modernity; Nationalism; Social imaginary

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001170434     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.1997.9962567     Document Type: Article

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