Chinese Products, Social Mobility and Material Modernity in Bougouni, a Small but Fast-Growing Administrative Town of Southwest Mali

Chappatte, André

doi:10.1080/00020184.2014.887742

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Chinese Products, Social Mobility and Material Modernity in Bougouni, a Small but Fast-Growing Administrative Town of Southwest Mali

ContributorsChappatte, André

Published inAfrican Studies, vol. 73, no. 1, p. 22-40

Publication date2014

Abstract

Going beyond utility theories of consumer behavior, this article ethnographically explores how migrants of rural origin consume Chinese goods to construct a cheap but trendy urban way of life.

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Centres et instituts / Global Studies Institute

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CHAPPATTE, André. Chinese Products, Social Mobility and Material Modernity in Bougouni, a Small but Fast-Growing Administrative Town of Southwest Mali. In: African Studies, 2014, vol. 73, n° 1, p. 22–40. doi: 10.1080/00020184.2014.887742

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PID : unige:147880
DOI : 10.1080/00020184.2014.887742

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00020184.2014.887742

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Chinese Products, Social Mobility and Material Modernity in Bougouni, a Small but Fast-Growing Administrative Town of Southwest Mali

Going beyond utility theories of consumer behavior, this article ethnographically explores how migrants of rural origin consume Chinese goods to construct a cheap but trendy urban way of life.

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