Youth Cultures in China

J de Kloet, Anthony Y. H. Fung

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English

Polity Press
28 October 2016

History; Cultural studies; Age groups: adolescents; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: China Today

What does it mean to be young in a country that is changing so fast? What does it mean to be young in a place ruled by one Party, during a time of intense globalization and exposure to different cultures?

This fascinating and informative book explores the lives of Chinese youth and examines their experiences, the ways in which they are represented in the media, and their interactions with old and, especially, new media. The authors describe and analyze complex entanglements among family, school, workplace and the state, engaging with the multiplicity of Chinese youth cultures. Their case studies include, among others, the romantic fantasies articulated by pop idols in TV dramas in contrast with young students working hard for their entrance exams and dream careers.

This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of youth culture, the sociology of youth and China studies more broadly. By showing how Chinese youth negotiate these regimes by carving out their own temporary spaces - from becoming a goldfarmer in a virtual economy to performing as a cosplayer - this book ultimately poses the question: Will the current system be able to accommodate this rapidly increasing diversity?

By: J de Kloet, Anthony Y. H. Fung
Imprint: Polity Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 209mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 344g
ISBN: 9780745679181
ISBN 10: 0745679188
Series: China Today
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 28 October 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Map Chronology Acknowledgements Introduction: Youth in China No More Revolution Youth Scapes Changing Youth Values The Chapters Creative Warfare Chapter 1: Youth and Power: Education, Family, and the State Introduction Political Values and Party Membership Family and Familism Pedagogy and Education Conclusion Chapter 2: Dressing up the Future: Chinese Youth Today Introduction Global Inauthenticities Fashion Styles Sonic Styles Digital Styles Conclusion Chapter 3: Localization of Regional Culture Introduction Localizing TV format from without Regional TV Formats and Class Re-imagination Running Man: The Turn to Gamification Popular Music and Fandom The Chinese AKB48: irrelevance to politics TFBoys and Korean Imagination Conclusion Chapter 4 Chinese Heteronormativity and Its Discontents Introduction Chinese Genders? Heteronormative Aspirations I: Survey Findings Heteronormative Aspirations II: Media Representations Unsettling Heteronormativity I: Romance Comedy Unsettling Heteronormativity II: Queer China Unsettling Heteronormativity III: Sex and Feminism Conclusion Chapter 5: Mobility, Marginalization and Desire Introduction Migrant Youth, Representation and Desire Migrant Youth as Media Producers Migrant Youth and New Media Technologies Gaming and Immaterial Labour Goldfarming versus Farming From Village to Art Village: New Spaces and Mobility Conclusion Conclusion: Youth and Hope References

Jeroen de Kloet is Professor in Globalization Studies and Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Globalisation Studies (AGCS) at the University of Amsterdam Anthony Y. H. Fung is Professor and Director of the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Reviews for Youth Cultures in China

Using an innovative methodology including interviews and ethnographic studies, the authors have given us a complex study of youth cultures. They do an excellent job of examining important and understudied issues such as media representations of youth in contemporary popular and digital culture. Stanley Rosen, University of Southern California In this interrogation of the multiplicity of youth cultures in China, the authors ditch familiar stereotypes of China's youth to explore how young urban people are charting challenging paths for China's future. Based largely on ethnographic research, this book will appeal to non-specialist readers as well as students of contemporary Chinese culture and society. Harriet Evans, University of Westminster Jeroen de Kloet and Anthony Y. H. Fung provide a sophisticated and erudite account of how appropriations and localisations of international digital technologies, music trends and fashion styles enable Chinese youth to experiment with spontaneous and unpredictable identities and embodiments as they navigate through cultural spaces [... They] surmise that Chinese youth can think, feel and act imaginatively and critically so as to anticipate and aspire to a politics of the future as difference [...] which could have political consequences in years to come. Journal of Contemporary Asia