China’s Youth Cultures and Collective Spaces

Name: China’s Youth Cultures and Collective Spaces
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Chinas Youth Cultures and Collective SpacesCreativity, Sociality, Identity and Resistance\nAuthor(s): Vanessa Frangville, Gwennal Gaffric\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367173043, 978-0367173043\nSynopsis\nPresenting the collaborative work of 13 international specialists of contemporary Chinese culture and society, this book explores the spaces of creation, production, and diffusion of \""youth cultures\"" in China among generations born since the 1980s. \n\nDefining the concept of \""youth culture\"" as practices and activities that catalyze self-expression and creativity, this book investigates the emergence of new physical spaces, including large avenues, parks, shopping malls, and recreation areas. Building on this, it also examines the influence of non-physical places, especially digital cultures, such as online social networks, shopping platforms, Cosplay, cyberliterature, and digital calligraphy and argues t.