Jia Xie Books

This volume investigates contemporary young Chinese backpackers' views on backpacking culture and backpackers. The author discovers that the backpackers begin their journey due to a desire to pursue freedom, but are driven home because of the risks of carrying out a freewheeling lifestyle within an individualised society. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction. 2. Conceptualisation 3. Methodology. 4. Pursuing freedom: Backpackers in the eyes of their contemporaries. 5. Be a backpacker, be independent. 6 Alternative seeker: Backpacking as a way of life. 7. A new classification of the backpacker. 8. Understanding young Chinese backpackers: The pursuit of freedom and its risks