The Chinese Lifestyle: The Reconfiguration of the Middle Class in Contemporary China

The research presented in this book explores the formation of the middle class in contemporary urban China.

Including case studies on middle-class professionals living in Beijing, this book analyses how social and economic changes to Chinese society create a middle-class lifestyle and new forms of distinction with a particular focus on the social construction of identity. Looking through the lens of individuals’ perception of life trajectories and ideological taxonomies generated within the ...