Overview
- Investigates young people’s dating and relationship practices through the lens of media studies.
- Considers how dating and relationships mirror the changing societal structure at a micro level.
- Examines how Chinese youth construct their identities facing 21st century socio-cultural change.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Keywords
- Social and cultural transformations in Chinese society
- Television Dating in China
- Relationship Ethicindividualized identity among Chinese youth
- Identity and love in China
- Gender and intimacy in China
- Young people in China
- formation of relationships among 21st century Chinese youth
- Popular Chinese TV and dating
About this book
This book considers the changing nature of intimacy in contemporary China, providing a unique case study of romantic subjectivities in young people in the world’s fastest growing economy. Since the implementation of reform in 1978, the economic and socio-cultural environment of modern China has experienced a dramatic transformation under the influence of urbanization and globalization, facilitating more individualized identity among Chinese youth. This book bridges the gap between an emergent emphasis on individualisation and the country’s traditional norms and values. It focuses on young people’s understandings of various forms of relationships such as cohabitation, extramarital relationships and multiple relationships, suggesting a challenge to traditional familial values and an increasingly diversified understanding of the concepts of love and romance. By examining the formation of relationships among 21st century Chinese youth, notably through the lens of popular Chinese TV dating programs, this book considers how dating and relationships mirror China’s changing societal structure and examines social and cultural transformations in Chinese society.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Television and Dating in Contemporary China
Book Subtitle: Identities, Love and Intimacy
Authors: Chao Yang
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3987-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-3986-7Published: 17 July 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5017-7Published: 11 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-3987-4Published: 29 June 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 216
Topics: Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Film/TV Industry, Social Media