Taste, discourse and middle-class identity
An ethnography of Chinese Saabists
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3606328 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jie Dong (0000-0002-8886-0202, Tsinghua University China, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2018 |
| Volumen | 22 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 432-453 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2018-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841 |
| Editorial | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/josl.12309 |
| OpenAlex | W2893359478 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 17 |
| Referencias citadas | 25 |
This study adopts Bourdieu's conceptualization of taste and distinction to examine the discursive construction of Chinese middle-class identities. Drawing on an ethnographic fieldwork of young urban professionals who display a shared passion for Saab cars, this article presents three examples to instantiate the ways that the participants employ linguistic and discursive resources to construct an urban middle-class identity revolving around consumption and commodification: the first example is an interview about their taste for their Saab cars; the second is a participant observation of the Saab fans' linguistic exchanges in which they demonstrate their 'taste for each other' - recognition of each other's in-group membership and social identity; the third example is an online observation of their multimodal display of other lifestyle commodities. All three examples highlight the importance of language in creating a sense of distinction and in negotiating middle-class identities among Chinese young urban professionals
Aesthetics · Art · Commodification · Conceptualization · Consumption (sociology · Ethnography · Identity (music · Identity negotiation · Linguistics · Middle class · Negotiation · Participant observation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Taste · Anthropology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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| Obras citantes distintas | 17 |
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| Citas por año | 2,43 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 17 |