Young Chinese in urban China / Alex Cockain.
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TextSeries: Routledge studies on China in transition ; 42.Publication details: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012Description: xiii, 209 p. : ill. ; [ca. 23-29] cmISBN: 9780415677578 (alk. paper); 9780203155417 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Urban youth -- China -- Social conditions -- 21st century | City and town life -- China -- History -- 21st centuryLOC classification: HQ799.C5 | C63 2012Online resources: Click here to view Also available as an electronic resource.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-201) and index.
1. Introduction : moving on from images of Red Guards, the tank man and little emperors -- 2. Experiencing neighbourhoods -- 3. Ambivalence and tactics for coping with the tensions of metropolitan life -- 4. Bricolaic national and international orientations -- 5. Intergenerational dynamics -- 6. Ambivalence toward secondary education and the bitterness of the gaokao -- 7. Engagements with traditional media -- 8. The Internet in everyday life -- 9. Online carnival.
"This book examines the condition of being a young person in China and the way in which changes in various dimensions of urban life have affected Chinese youths' quest to understand themselves"--Publisher's description.
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