Young Chinese in urban China / / Alex Cockain

• Autore: Cockain Alex
• Pubblicazione: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.2350951/091732; 305.2350951091732
• Soggetto topico: City and town life - China - History - 21st century; Urban youth - China - Social conditions - 21st century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Young Chinese in Urban China; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: moving on from images of Red Guards, the Tank Man and Little Emperors; Part I: A macro context; 2. Experiencing neighbourhoods; 3. Ambivalence and tactics for coping with the tensions of metropolitan life; 4. Bricolaic national and international orientations; Part II: A micro context; 5. Intergenerational dynamics; 6. Ambivalence towards secondary education and the bitterness of the gaokao; Part III: A mediated context ; 7. Engagements with traditional media8. The Internet in everyday life; 9. Online carnival; Conclusions; Appendix: research participants; Glossary of Chinese terms; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Young Chinese in urban China
• ISBN: 1-283-46185-4; 9786613461858; 0-203-15541-6; 1-136-58059-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461891903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge studies on China in transition ; ; 42.