I graduated as the top one student from the Advertising Department at Tongji University in Shanghai in 2003. I worked in the programme department at Shanghai Concert Hall for years.In September 2007, I was admitted as a master student into the Depar
...MoreI graduated as the top one student from the Advertising Department at Tongji University in Shanghai in 2003. I worked in the programme department at Shanghai Concert Hall for years.In September 2007, I was admitted as a master student into the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Canada. My research interest lies in the Western high-cultural consumption, e.g. classical music concert, opera, and ballet in contemporary urban China in the era of Socialist Market Economy and globalization. Its conspicuous nature and association with the West connote the social-status-seeking among Chinese urbanites. And I am interested in the emulation reflected in this consumption pattern both at individual level and at inter-city level.
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