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The Identity of Zhiqing - The lost generation (Hardcover)
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The Identity of Zhiqing - The lost generation (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Contemporary China Series
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Outside China, little is known about the process and implications
of the Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside (UMDC)
Movement, a Chinese state policy from 1967 to 1979 in which more
than 16 million secondary school-leavers in different cities were
relocated to rural areas. The Movement shaped the lives of these
young people and assigned them a shared group identity: Zhiqing, or
the Educated Youth. This book provides new research on Zhiqing, who
were born and brought up after the establishment of the People's
Republic of China and regarded as a lost generation during the
Cultural Revolution. Presenting a remembrance of their tortuous
life trajectories, the book investigates their distinctive identity
and self-identification. Unlike earlier historical approaches, it
does this from a social psychological perspective. It is also
unique in its use of first-hand materials, as individuals' memories
and reflections collected by in-depth interviews are compiled and
presented as Zhiqing's self-portrait. This innovative research
offers an informative and profound induction of the topic and also
contributes to the development of contemporary Chinese studies by
laying the foundation for a specialized Zhiqing study. Combining
rich empirical research with a strong theoretical perspective, this
book will be invaluable to students and scholars of Chinese
history, sociology, anthropology and politics.
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