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Jeroen de Kloet - Youth Cultures in China (China Today) - 9780745679174 - V9780745679174
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Youth Cultures in China (China Today)

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Description for Youth Cultures in China (China Today) Hardcover. Series: China Today. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFC; JFSP2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 440.

What does it mean to be young in a country that is changing so fast? What does it mean to be young in a place ruled by one Party, during a time of intense globalization and exposure to different cultures?

This fascinating and informative book explores the lives of Chinese youth and examines their experiences, the ways in which they are represented in the media, and their interactions with old and, especially, new media. The authors describe and analyze complex entanglements among family, school, workplace and the state, engaging with the multiplicity of Chinese youth cultures. Their case studies include, ... Read more

This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of youth culture, the sociology of youth and China studies more broadly. By showing how Chinese youth negotiate these regimes by carving out their own temporary spaces – from becoming a goldfarmer in a virtual economy to performing as a cosplayer – this book ultimately poses the question: Will the current system be able to accommodate this rapidly increasing diversity?

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Polity
Condition
New
Series
China Today
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745679174
SKU
V9780745679174
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Jeroen de Kloet
Jeroen de Kloet is Professor in Globalization Studies and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (ACGS) at the University of Amsterdam Anthony Y. H. Fung is Professor and Director of the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Reviews for Youth Cultures in China (China Today)
“Using an innovative methodology including interviews and ethnographic studies, the authors have given us a complex study of youth cultures. They do an excellent job of examining important and understudied issues such as media representations of youth in contemporary popular and digital culture.” Stanley Rosen, University of Southern California “In this interrogation of the multiplicity of youth cultures ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Youth Cultures in China (China Today)


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