The Identity of Zhiqing : The Lost Generation Paperback / softback
by Weiyi Wu, Fan (Bangor University, UK) Hong
Part of the Routledge Contemporary China Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
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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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:110 pages, 7 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and w
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:16/06/2017
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- ISBN:9781138302549
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:110 pages, 7 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and w
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:16/06/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138302549