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The Pursuit of the Self
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All-nighters, romantic wanderings, a trend for laziness: the young Chinese generation is in search of itself. Born into a consumer society, this generation straddles yesterday’s society that was ro...
All-nighters, romantic wanderings, a trend for laziness: the young Chinese generation is in search of itself. Born into a consumer society, this generation straddles yesterday’s society that was rooted in collectiveness, and tomorrow’s society that is much more individualistic. Photographers follow these young people in their personal lives. Black and white Snapshots from the Birdhead collective in a festive and melancholic Shanghai, and the introspection of Zhe Chen, who shatters the sacrosanct notion of filial piety. They are all fighting to fulfil their dreams and conquer their fears, at the heart of a first-time quest for identity in China—discovering the individual.
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- Creator
- ARTE France
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : ARTE France, [2017]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2018
- ©2017
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (25 min., 48 sec)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- Originally released by ARTE France, 2017.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 28, 2018.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Chinese Identity (3:08); Birdhead Collective (7:18); No. 223 (4:11); Photography as a Window (4:36); Cultural Change Between Generations (4:53); Credits: The Pursuit of the Self (0:29)