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Author:

Liu, Fengshu.

Title:

Urban youth in China : modernity, the internet and the self / Fengshu Liu.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

x, 228 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Internet--China.
Youth--China.
Social change--China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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" -- 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 caf©♭ -- 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.

Series:

Routledge research in information technology and society ; 10

ISBN:

0415874866
9780415874861

OCLC:

(OCoLC)491894139

LCCN:

2010029038

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)