@article{1358537,
      recid = {1358537},
      author = {Yang, Zhao.},
      title = {Television and Dating in Contemporary China : Identities,  Love and Intimacy /},
      publisher = {Springer Singapore,},
      address = {Singapore :},
      pages = {1 online resource (223 pages)},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {"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."},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1358537},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3987-4.},
}