Urban Youth in China.

As both youth and the Internet hold the potential to inflict far-reaching economic, social, cultural, and political changes, this book fulfills a pressing need for a systematical investigation of the lives of Chinese youth and the growth of the Internet against the backdrop of rapid and profound soc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liu, Fengshu
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Temas:
Youth > China.
Social sciences.
Education.
Social Sciences
Internet > China.
Social change > China.
Youth > China.
Electrical engineering.
Astronomy.
Agriculture.
Sciences sociales.
social sciences.
Education
Social sciences
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Social transformation in China (1979-2010)
  • The internet with Chinese characteristics
  • Paradoxes as lived experiences of modernization : urban youth with Chinese characteristics
  • The internet in the everyday lifeworld : "I-and-the-internet" narratives from members of China's "net-generation"
  • The internet anxiety, the norm of the "good" netizen and the construction of the "proper" wired self
  • Between demonization and celebration : Chinese urban youth and the net café
  • The Balinghou's collective narrative in an online forum
  • From political indifference to vehement nationalism : Chinese young people negotiating the political self in the internet age
  • Conclusion: modernity, the internet and the self.

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