Youth Economy, Crisis, and Reinvention in Twenty-First-Centur... - 9781032084695

Name: Youth Economy, Crisis, and Reinvention in Twenty-First-Centur... - 9781032084695
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Youth Economy, Crisis, and Reinvention in Twenty-First-Century ChinaMorning Sun in the Tiny Times\nAuthor(s): Hui Faye Xiao\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032084695, 978-1032084695\nSynopsis\nThis book surveys the explosive youth culture in twenty-first century China, an active and powerful force catalysing cultural innovations, social changes, and collective efforts, re-inventing a pluralistic and multivalent youth (qingnian) in an age of enormous change, division and uncertainty. \n\nProviding a comprehensive analysis of literary, cinematic, musical, televisual, and social media representations about, for and by disparate youth groups, this book seeks to offer a systematic investigation of a trans-medial and multi-locale youth culture. In so doing, it examines contributions from high school dropouts, industrial workers, migrant laborers and \""leftover women\"", as well as best-selling writers and filmmakers, .