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020 _a9781107602502
082 0 0 _a305.235
_bCLA/Y
100 1 _aClark, Paul,
245 1 0 _aYouth culture in China : from Red Guards to netizens
260 _aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _aix, 294 p. :
_bill. ;
520 _a"The lives and aspirations of young Chinese (those between 14 and 26 years old) have been transformed in the past five decades. By examining youth cultures around three historical points - 1968, 1988 and 2008 - this book argues that present-day youth culture in China has both international and local roots. Paul Clark describes how the Red Guards and the sent-down youth of the Cultural Revolution era carved out a space for themselves, asserting their distinctive identities, despite tight political controls. By the late 1980s, Chinese-style rock music, sports and other recreations began to influence the identities of Chinese youth, and in the twenty-first century, the Internet offers a new, broader space for expressing youthful fandom and frustrations. From the 1960s to the present, this book shows how youth culture has been reworked to serve the needs of the young Chinese"--
650 0 _aYouth
650 0 _aPopular culture
650 0 _aGroup identity
650 0 _aInternet
650 0 _aTechnology and youth
942 _cBK
999 _c38032
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