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Modernization as Lived Experiences - Three Generations of Young Men and Women in China (Paperback)
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Modernization as Lived Experiences - Three Generations of Young Men and Women in China (Paperback)
Series: Youth, Young Adulthood and Society
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This book examines, in a culturally and contextually sensitive way,
the particularity of what it means to be young in post-Mao China
undergoing rapid and dramatic transformation by comparing childhood
and youth experiences over three generations. The analysis draws on
life-history interviews with Beijing young men and women in their
last upper secondary year, their parents and their grandparents.
The book offers a comprehensive coverage of the various aspects of
life pertinent to youth experiences and compares each of these
across three generations, treating them as interrelated and
mutually affecting processes - childhood, intergenerational
relationships, education and future plans, gender and sexuality. By
offering both men's and women's accounts of their childhood and
youth experiences, which for the three generations combined extend
over nearly a century, the book sheds useful light on how gender
and sexuality have evolved in China. Fengshu Liu concludes that the
young generation's lives feature a 'maximization desire', in sharp
contrast to the two older generations' childhood and youth
experiences. The book meticulously weaves rich ethnographic details
and individual life stories into a larger and unfolding picture of
historical, social and cultural trends, while providing critical
insight into Chinese modernization and modernity against the
backdrop of globalization. It can thus be an enjoyable read also
for people beyond the academia interested in China's social and
cultural transformation and its children and youth.
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