Going beyond generalizations about "the Chinese consumer" this book shows that marketersa (TM) decisions to brand a product as foreign evokes intense emotions, both positive and negative, which derive from reflexive linkages of "foreign brands" to national narratives of East-West relations.
Topics covered include:
-the historical shaping of present-day consumer decisions
-issues of political correctness in foreign brand consumption
-the often neglected dark-side and feared aspects that foreign Western brands hold for many Chinese consumers.
-Chinese consumersa (TM) fantasies of foreign brands and how those work to ritualize their marketplace behavior
-institutionally constructed national narratives and the ways in which Chinese citizens engage these to guide their foreign brand choices
This book is suitable for upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates, academics and professionals studying consumer behaviour in China, Chinese marketing and Chinese business.