Brand-new lifestyle: Consumer-oriented programmes on Chinese television

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 363-376

  Xu, Janice Hua ^a  

^a WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beijing Television Station; CCTV; Class identity; Cultural capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247625003     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443707076180     Document Type: Article

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