Jia Gao

Aspirational Chinese in Competitive Social Repositionings

A Re-Analysis of Societal Dynamics from 1964 to 2000

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing upon a new perspective of competitive social repositioning and numerous new sources, this book fills the analytical gap caused by the research focus on either macro- or micro-level issues through analysing how everyday Chinese had reacted to and influenced the numerous changes in China from 1964 to 2000.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9781839982880
• ISBN-10: 1839982888
• Artikelnr.: 62222218

Autorenporträt

Jia Gao is Professor of Chinese Studies at the Asia Institute, the University of Melbourne.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Abbreviations
 List of Figures
 List of Tables
 Preface and Acknowledgements
 The Absence of Everyday Chinese in the Dichotomous Paradigm
Rebranding the Communist Heir Narrative and the Cultural Revolution
Tearing the Utopian Veil Down by Sent-Down Youth
Crying Out for Changes in the Second Half of the 1970s
Battling for the Advantages Under the Dengist Political Alliances
Climbing Different Social Ladders from the Mid-1980s
Filling in the Post-1989 Vacuum Left by Educated Liberals
Seizing Chances to be Entrepreneurial in Post-1992 China
Towards a Theory of Competitive Social Repositioning
 References
 Index