China’s Youth Cultures and Collective Spaces

<p>Presenting 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. </p><p></p><p>Defining 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 that these may in fact play a more significant role in Chinese civil society today.</p><p></p><p>As an exploration of how youth can be creative even in a coercive environment <i>China’s Youth Cultures and Collective Spaces</i> will be valuable to students and scholars of Chinese society as well those working on the links between space youth and culture.</p>