Young Adult Identity Consumption in Urban China
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Exhibit Display >>>
Exploring the connections between identity and consumption in urban China.
Collier Heritage Room, Cowles Library, Drake University. JANUARY 18 through FEBRUARY 28, 2011 January 25 >>> 7:00pm Exhibit opening reception and talk, “Young Adults and Consumption in Urban China: Middle Class Identity and the 80后 (ba ling hou) Generation.” Collier Reading Room, Cowles Library, Drake University. Dr. Darcie Vandegrift, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department for the Study of Culture & Society, Drake University.
February 15 >>> 7:00pm “Contemporary China in Historical Perspective.” Parents Hall, Olmsted Center, Drake University Dr. R. Bin Wong, Director of the Asia Institute and Professor of History, University of California, Los Angeles.
February 21 >>> 7:00pm “Service Encounters: Retail Work, Consumption, And Inequality In Urban China.” Collier Reading Room, Cowles Library, Drake University. Dr. Amy Hanser, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of British Colombia.
Sponsored with generous funding from >>> ASIANetwork, Dickinson, Mackaman Tyler & Hagen, P.C., Humanities Iowa, Drake University affiliates: College of Arts & Sciences, Cowles Library, Center for the Humanities, Honors
Program, Women’s Studies, Center for Global Citizenship, Office of the Provost, Chinese Cultural Exchange Program, Department for the Study of Culture & Society & Department of History
For questions >>> Please contact darcie.vandegrift@drake.edu. www.balinghouproject.com photo by > Tyler O’Neil design by > Paige Fisher