iChina
Subtitle: the rise of the individual in modern Chinese society
By: edited by Mette Halskov Hansen and Rune Svarverud
Contributors: Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
Series: NIAS studies in Asian topics -- no. 45; NIAS studies in Asian topics -- no. 45.
Publisher: NIAS
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Copenhagen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9788776940522; 9788776940539
Subjects: Social conditions; Social change; Individualism
Other titles: Rise of the individual in modern Chinese society; I China
Description: There is a growing individualization of China with changing perceptions of the individual and rising expectations for individual freedom, choice and individuality. How this process evolves in a country lacking two of the defining characteristics of European individualization is a question this volume explores.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword:; title: Varieties of individualization  -- Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim -- Introduction:; title: Conflicting images of the individual and contested process of individualization  -- Yunxiang Yan; title: Idealizing individual choice: work, love and family in the eyes of young, rural Chinese  -- Mette Halskov Hansen and Cuiming Pang; title: He is he and I am I: individual and collective among China's elderly  -- Sig Thoegersen and Ni Anru; title: Individualization and the political agency of private business people in China  -- Joergen Delman and Yin Ziaoqing; title: A collective of their own: young volunteers at the fringes of the party realm  -- Unn Malfrid H. Rolandsen; title: Between self and community: the individual in contemporary Chinese literature  -- Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg; title: Individual self-discipline and collective freedom in the minds of Chinese intellectuals  -- Rune Svarverud; title: 'Friendly pressure': law and the individual in modern China  -- Klaus Muhlhahn; title: Collective symbols and individual options: life on a state farm for returned overseas Chinese after decollectivization -- Li Minghuan.