1st Edition
Modernization as Lived Experiences Three Generations of Young Men and Women in China
1 Introduction. 2 Modernization and social change. 3 The rise of the ‘priceless’ Chinese child: childhood in three generations. 4 Daxue as the norm: the rise of the Chinese ‘schooled society’ over three generations. 5 The aspiring male individual: the rise of chenggong as a new hegemonic masculine ideal. 6 The aspiring female individual: ‘wanting to have it all’ as a new female ideal. 7 An expressive turn with a Chinese twist: young people’s other-sex relations in three generations. Conclusion: the maximization desire: living modernization the Chinese way.
Biography
Fengshu Liu is Professor of Education at the University of Oslo. Her research cuts across childhood and youth studies, comparative and international education, and sociology of education (e.g., gender, generation, family and modernization). Her earlier book is titled Urban Youth in China: Modernity, the Internet and the Self.
