The Identity of Zhiqing

The Lost Generation

Weiyi Wu, Fan Hong (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

110 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-93317-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Weiyi Wu is a postdoctoral research fellow at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Her research interests cover youth studies, life course, identity and global mobility, with a cultural studies approach. Fan Hong is Professor of Asian Studies of Bangor University, UK. She is academic editor of The International Journal of the History of Sport. Her research interests are in the areas of culture, politics, gender and sport and she has published extensively in these fields, including the books Footbinding, Feminism and Freedom: the Liberation of Women’s Bodies in Modern China (1997) and Communists and Champions: the Politicisation of Sport in Modern China ((2013).

1. Finding the "Lost Generation" 2. Linking Zhiqing’s Life Trajectories to Social History 3. To the Wider World: Group-identity Configuration I (1967-1981) 4. Drops of Water in the Ocean: Group-identity Configuration II (1980s-present) 5. The Identity of Zhiqing: Approach and Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	25.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Contemporary China Series
Zusatzinfo	7 Tables, black and white; 3 Line drawings, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	249 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-93317-1 / 1138933171
ISBN-13	978-1-138-93317-0 / 9781138933170
Zustand	Neuware