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Little Emperors and Material Girls: Sex and Youth in Modern China
Jemimah Steinfeld
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Description for Little Emperors and Material Girls: Sex and Youth in Modern China
Paperback. Little Emperors and Material Girls is the book which will change the way you see China. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFCA; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 234.
China is the world's fastest-growing economic powerhouse. Everybody knows this. But behind the headlines a once-in-a-generation sexual and cultural revolution is taking place - all in the bars, cafes and streets of China's growing mega-cities. Welcome to this new China. Writer and journalist Jemimah Steinfeld meets the young people behind the world's fastest-moving nation to unveil their attitudes towards love, life and sexuality. Young Chinese have new words to describe the world they live in: 'little emperors' - single men who have grown up under the one child policy - they're bossy and selfish; 'bare branches' - those without children; ... Read more
China is the world's fastest-growing economic powerhouse. Everybody knows this. But behind the headlines a once-in-a-generation sexual and cultural revolution is taking place - all in the bars, cafes and streets of China's growing mega-cities. Welcome to this new China. Writer and journalist Jemimah Steinfeld meets the young people behind the world's fastest-moving nation to unveil their attitudes towards love, life and sexuality. Young Chinese have new words to describe the world they live in: 'little emperors' - single men who have grown up under the one child policy - they're bossy and selfish; 'bare branches' - those without children; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780769844
SKU
V9781780769844
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Jemimah Steinfeld
Jemimah Steinfeld is a journalist who has worked and lived in China. She holds an MA from SOAS in China Studies and has written for The Global Times in China. A freelance writer and journalist, she writes regularly as a China correspondent for CNN, Time Out and at The Huffington Post, as well as for various print and online outlets ... Read more
Reviews for Little Emperors and Material Girls: Sex and Youth in Modern China
'A breath of fresh air...Steinfeld delves into the field, interviewing spoiled Beijing princelings, Shanghai's gay clubbers, anxious wannabe brides and others. Her findings are shocking and speak volumes about the gulf that exists between Eastern and Western ideas of identity, and how to build it... A must-read for anyone who wants to know what young Chinese kids really think about ... Read more