A study of the Zhiqing identity

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dc.contributor.advisorHong, Fanen
dc.contributor.authorWu, Weiyi
dc.contributor.funderChina Scholarship Councilen
dc.contributor.funderNational University of Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-14T11:50:16Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.submitted2013
dc.description.abstractMore than seventeen million Chinese urban youth (Zhiqing in Chinese) went to the countryside, lived and engaged in agricultural work there during the Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside (UMDC) Movement (1967-1981). Although this movement was officially terminated in 1981, it has left an imprint on these people – the Zhiqing identity by which they are still characterized as a unique group in Chinese society and a special generation in Chinese history. Historical and sociological perspectives are combined in this study. By applying Glen H. Elder’s life course approach, the study reveals how Zhiqing’s life trajectories are embedded in the social history and identifies a series of interrelated factors that made Zhiqing into a unique generation. With the guidance of Henri Tajfel’s social identity theory, the study uncovers the emergence of the Zhiqing group and the Zhiqing identity, explains individuals’ acquisitions of the Zhiqing identity and analyzes how it has kept influencing individuals’ lives during and after the UMDC Movement. Using Zhiqing’s life stories allowed the researcher to combine the historical and sociological aspects in her examination of Zhiqing’s identity issues. In each life story, the narrator reviewed his/her life experience, reflected on socio-historical changes and expressed his/her emotions and ideas about identity issues. Utilizing methods of in-depth interview and thematic analysis, the researcher completed the study and presents this thesis as one interpretation on the Zhiqing identity, which, as according the researcher’s hermeneutic stance, is open to further discussion and future research.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationWu, W. 2013. A study of the Zhiqing identity. DSocSc Thesis, University College Cork.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/1308
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dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.rights© 2013,Weiyi Wu.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en
dc.subjectZhiqingen
dc.subjectEducated youthen
dc.subjectUp to the mountains down to the countryside movementen
dc.subjectLife courseen
dc.subjectSocial identityen
dc.subject.lcshChina--History--20th centuryen
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dc.titleA study of the Zhiqing identityen
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnameDoctor of Social Scienceen
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