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

Author/creator Liu, Fengshu
Other author/creatorProQuest (Firm)
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2011.
Descriptionx, 228 pages.
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Subject(s)
Series Routledge research in information technology and society ; 10
Routledge research in information technology and society ; 10. ^A593875
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" -- The 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 café -- 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010029038

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