SCA-UA 368 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cancer Cluster, Dongtan, Environmental Degradation
7 Apr 2016
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25% under 17; 10% b/w 17-24 (1st generation) 0-17 account for 70-89% of indians, koreans, & vietnamese. Capturing generation for 30+ years for their consumption. Conspicuous consumption: consumption as a means of displaying wealth & to attain social status. Asian americans use consumption to normalize their foreignness. Absorbing the difference that once marginalized them. Effort of finding oneself (difference) and one"s place in a community (normal) After 9/11, bush called people to buy. After economic collapse, needed to increase consumer confidence & buy. Change in formality; style is more laid back; street fashion. Foreign fashion consumption signified a change in life attitudes & behavior. China moved from classless to a class-conscious society. Imposed stiff retroactive taxes on luxury purchases from abroad. Censored adverts & words that encourage luxury lifestyle. To ease public"s concern about china"s wealth gap. Prohibits people from using gov"t funds to buy luxury goods. Urged to stick to a frugal working style .
