{"product_id":"youth-cultures-in-china-hardback-9780745679174","title":"Youth Cultures in China (Hardback) 9780745679174","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eYouth Cultures in China\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeroen de Kloet (Author), Anthony Y. H. Fung (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745679174, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 October 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.1 x 14.7 x 2.3 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStanley Rosen, University of Southern California\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “In this interrogation of the multiplicity of youth cultures in China, the authors ditch familiar stereotypes of China’s youth to explore how young urban people are charting challenging paths for China’s future. Based largely on ethnographic research, this book will appeal to non-specialist readers as well as students of contemporary Chinese culture and society.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarriet Evans, University of Westminster \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jeroen de Kloet and Anthony Y. H. Fung provide a sophisticated and erudite account of how appropriations and localisations of international digital technologies, music trends and fashion styles enable Chinese youth to experiment with \"spontaneous\" and \"unpredictable\" identities and embodiments as they navigate through cultural spaces [… They] surmise that Chinese youth can think, feel and act imaginatively and critically so as to anticipate and aspire to a politics of the future as difference […] which could have political consequences in years to come.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJournal of Contemporary Asia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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, among others, the romantic fantasies articulated by pop idols in TV dramas in contrast with young students working hard for their entrance exams and dream careers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul style=\"white-space: normal\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; text-transform: none\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; word-spacing: 0px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; color: #000000\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; text-align: left\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; font: 11px Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; widows: 1\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; letter-spacing: normal\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; text-indent: 0px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eMap\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChronology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Youth in China\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNo More Revolution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eYouth Scapes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChanging Youth Values\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Chapters\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCreative Warfare\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 1: Youth and Power: Education, Family, and the State\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePolitical Values and Party Membership\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFamily and Familism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePedagogy and Education\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 2: Dressing up the Future: Chinese Youth Today\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGlobal Inauthenticities\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFashion Styles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSonic Styles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDigital Styles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 3: Localization of Regional Culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLocalizing TV format from without\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRegional TV Formats and Class Re-imagination\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRunning Man: The Turn to Gamification\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePopular Music and Fandom\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Chinese AKB48: irrelevance to politics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTFBoys and Korean Imagination\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 4 Chinese Heteronormativity and Its Discontents\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChinese Genders?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHeteronormative Aspirations I: Survey Findings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHeteronormative Aspirations II: Media Representations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnsettling Heteronormativity I: Romance Comedy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnsettling Heteronormativity II: Queer China\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnsettling Heteronormativity III: Sex and Feminism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eChapter 5: Mobility, Marginalization and Desire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMigrant Youth, Representation and Desire\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMigrant Youth as Media Producers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMigrant Youth and New Media Technologies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGaming and Immaterial Labour\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGoldfarming versus Farming\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFrom Village to Art Village: New Spaces and Mobility\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConclusion: Youth and Hope\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReferences\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407335223576,"sku":"9780745679174","price":42.35,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745679174.jpg?v=1784163212","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/youth-cultures-in-china-hardback-9780745679174","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}