Ageing with smartphones in urban China from the cultural to the digital revolution in Shanghai
If we want to understand contemporary China, the key is through understanding the older generation. This is the generation in China whose life courses almost perfectly synchronised with the emergence and growth of the 'New China' under the rule of the Communist Party (1949). People in thei...
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| Language: | English |
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UCL PRESS
2023, 2023
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| Series: | Ageing with Smartphones
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures vi
- List of charts xiii
- List of tables xiv
- Series foreword xv
- Acknowledgements xvii
- 1 Introduction 12
- Ageing and retirement: ruptures and continuity 293
- Everyday life: daily activities and the digital routine 604
- Social relations: the guanxi practice beyond family ties 995
- Crafting the smartphone 1286
- Crafting health: the moral body and the therapeutic smartphone 1647 'Doing personhood' in revolution(s) 1938 Life purpose: searching for meaning in revolutions and reforms 2249
- Conclusion 249
- Appendix 1: The brief function of top 24 apps on the top 10 list and app analysis method 268Appendix 2: The super app WeChat 271
- Bibliography 277
- Index 286