Moralization and classification struggles over gentrification and the hipster figure in austerity Britain

Grand, Elias le

doi:10.1080/07352166.2020.1839348

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“…‘Hipsters’, a type of consumer mentioned frequently in recent consumption-focused gentrification studies in the US, UK and Europe, appears especially enthusiastic about consuming authenticity in immigrant neighbourhoods to display their distinctive tastes, which have further caused gentrification (Hubbard, 2016; le Grand, 2020). This kind of consumption practice in the Global North reflects the impact of globalisation in shaping local gentrifiers’ consumption preferences.…”

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Consuming ‘authenticity’? Reinterpreting the ‘new middle class’ in China through the lens of retailing changes

Cao

2022

Urban Studies

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If gentrification is occurring globally, we must understand the uneven intervention of globalisation in the production of a (global) gentrifier class. This paper adopts a comparative perspective to investigate the ‘new middle class’ within China’s urban context. Through the critical examination of subtle retailing changes, it discusses how recent place-making strategies have fabricated the aura of ‘authenticity’ built upon the history of traditional residential neighbourhoods, attracting gentrifiers, whose consumption practices have transformed the retail space of a gentrified historic neighbourhood. Using Nanjing as a case study by employing qualitative research methods, this study shows that the Chinese new middle classes have yearned for modern and elitist lifestyles, with a preference for consuming Western-style goods to manifest their distinctive tastes and social status. This paper’s research findings propose the concept of Xiaozi consumption, a specific term that challenges Western-developed concepts of ‘consuming authenticity’ by highlighting the planetary indigeneity of gentrification in the Global South.

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Section: Gentrification Retailing Changes and Consumption Of Authenti...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Consuming ‘authenticity’? Reinterpreting the ‘new middle class’ in China through the lens of retailing changes

Cao

2022

Urban Studies

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Does café culture drive artistic enclaves?

Jeong¹

2021

Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and

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Moralization and classification struggles over gentrification and the hipster figure in austerity Britain

Cited by 2 publications

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Consuming ‘authenticity’? Reinterpreting the ‘new middle class’ in China through the lens of retailing changes

Consuming ‘authenticity’? Reinterpreting the ‘new middle class’ in China through the lens of retailing changes

Does café culture drive artistic enclaves?

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