{"product_id":"understanding-young-chinese-backpackers-paperback-softback","title":"Understanding Young Chinese Backpackers - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn activity that originated in Western societies, backpacking has gained increasing popularity among Chinese millennials. In a spirit of the ‘search for self’, young Chinese backpackers have sought to display their pursuit of freedom, independence and responsibility within an increasingly individualised society through backpacking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume investigates contemporary young Chinese persons’ views on backpacking culture and backpackers. A group of Chinese backpackers are studied using interview and participant observation, and focus groups are conducted to study young professionals’ and university students’ attitudes towards backpacking. The results indicate a profound cultural change along with a degree of division. On the one hand, the backpackers often begin their journey due to a desire to pursue freedom, and use the pursuit as a process of reflexive awareness; on the other hand, the risks of pursuing a freewheeling lifestyle within an individualised society drive the majority of them to return home. The author concludes that this phenomenon is a kind of ‘staged individualism’, describing how Chinese millennials strike a balance between individual interests and wider social obligations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudents and scholars of sociology tourism, and youth culture will be interested in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45566586814702,"sku":"9781032040059","price":63.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/understanding-young-chinese-backpackers-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}