Urban Youth in China: Modernity, the Internet and the Self

Author:   Fengshu Liu (University of Oslo, Norway)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415851916


Pages:   238
Publication Date:   24 June 2013
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Fengshu Liu (University of Oslo, Norway)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9780415851916


ISBN 10:   0415851912
Pages:   238
Publication Date:   24 June 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Social Transformation in China (1979-2010) 2. The Internet with Chinese Characteristics 3. Paradoxes as Lived Experiences of Modernization: Urban Youth with Chinese Characteristics 4. The Internet in the Everyday Lifeworld: ‘I-and-the-Internet’ Narratives from Members of China’s ‘Net-Generation’ 5. The Internet Anxiety, the Norm of the ‘Good’ Netizen and the Construction of the ‘Proper’ Wired Self 6. Between Demonization and Celebration: Chinese Urban Youth and the Net Café 7. The Balinghou’s Collective Narrative in an Online Forum 8. 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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Fengshu Liu is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Educational Research, University of Oslo.

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