The Lost Generation: The Rustication of China’s Educated Youth (1968–1980)

Thematic Index

Thematic Index accidents, see health accompanying cadres xxvi, 94, 190, 244–45, 302, 334 active resistance, see protest actions agricultural work, manual labor 10–11, 15–18, 26–30, 33, 59, 83–84, 236, 248–57, 261–62, 280, 413–15, 418, 427–28, 438, 444 army 14, 19, 65, 77–81, 86–87, 187, 199, 204, 216, 221–22, 247, 375–76. See also military farms assessment/evaluation of the movement xxiii, 132–33, 136–37, 154, 161–62, 167–68, 171, 173, 206–9, 385, 401–40 barefoot doctors 28, 270, 274–75, 309–10, 415–16, 428 border regions 30–32, 45, 51–52, 68, 109, 115, 144–49, 152, 156, 163–64, 178, 192–202, 207–8, 224, 246, 278–79, 374–85, 411–12, 417, 453–54 children of educated youths 192–97, 203, 209, 290, 320, 324–25, 359, 367–68 Chinese Communist revolution (as a model) 17–18, 50, 243, 257 choice of destination 69–70, 217, 224–29 cities: gender imbalance 365–66 illegal residents 370–74, 391 limiting growth xxii–xxiii, 21, 29, 32–46, 52–54, 135, 200, 401–3, 408–11, 444 class origin, see class status class status 6–7, 22, 53–54, 59–61, 63, 68, 71–72, 77–78, 84, 91, 102, 120, 126, 165, 217–24, 228, 244, 258, 276, 280, 289, 292–98, 306, 310–11, 316–19, 330–32, 362, 373–74, 384–85, 424–25 class struggle 6–7, 15, 60 Communist Youth League 26–27, 51–52, 87, 96, 102–4, 108, 163, 222, 239, 310, 318, 333, 416 connections (guanxi), see corruption, privileges THE LOST GENERATION_FA02_17June2013.indd 509 THE LOST GENERATION_FA02_17June2013.indd 509 19/6/13 3:14 PM 19/6/13 3:14 PM 510 | THEMATIC INDEX corruption, privileges 40–43, 72, 85–87, 104–7, 120–21, 133, 140, 145, 161, 189, 221–22, 227–28, 240–41, 280–82, 290–91, 295–303, 310–11, 312–19, 321, 323–24, 357–64, 424–26 cost of the movement 57, 62, 81, 95–98, 100–1, 135, 138–39, 172–73, 188–91, 238–41, 246, 403, 413–15, 443, 452 criticisms of the movement 87–88, 129, 132–35, 144–45, 149–50, 393, 395 Cultural Revolution (definition) xx–xxii culture: official culture 29, 261–65, 273, 342, 344, 350, 371 parallel culture 263–65, 286, 342–56, 371, 380–84 thirst for culture 261–65, 434–36 cynicism, see demoralization, despair, disillusion delinquency 36–37, 55, 182, 281–82, 289, 293, 295, 339–42, 370–74, 384–85, 406, 411–12 democracy movement 143–44, 149–50, 151–54, 393, 422–23, 436–37 demoralization, despair, disillusion 182, 236–38, 248–54, 259–61, 270, 275–79, 306–7, 318, 325–26, 337–42, 351–54, 355–56, 360–65, 368–69, 374–76, 382–85, 414, 424–25, 433–35, 451 destiny, see projecting into the future deviancy 244, 263–64, 281–83, 285–86, 304–6, 311, 331, 337–85, 421–22 dingti, see replacing a retired parent Educated Youth Bureau, see institutions in charge of the movement educated youth farms 94, 97, 138–39, 157–58, 170–71, 174–76, 188, 300, 420 educated youth of rural origin (huixiang zhiqing) xx, 26, 32–33, 53, 63, 118–19, 216, 310, 418, 426–27 education, studies xvii, 4–6, 26–27, 33, 55, 57–60, 67–68, 74–76, 81, 83–87, 98, 101–5, 112–14, 125–29, 130–31, 181–84, 192–93, 209, 215, 307–9, 313–16, 415–16, 425–26, 434–35, 438, 443–44 educational policy, see education, studies educational system, see education, studies employment 33–46, 52–56, 61, 67–68, 79–83, 88, 95, 100, 131–39, 154, 168–69, 175–76, 178–84, 187–91, 203–4, 209–12, 217, 221, 315, 320, 371–74, 387, 401–7, 443 family 43, 95, 98, 105–6, 132, 217–19, 223–24, 226–29, 239, 251–52, 262, 264–65, 271–72, 285, 288–91, 294–95, 297, 301–2, 322, 363, 384, 406–7 fatalism, see projecting into the future feeling of being downgraded/loss of status 291–95, 427–28, 431–32, 452 THE LOST GENERATION_FA02_17June2013.indd 510 THE LOST GENERATION_FA02_17June2013.indd 510 19/6/13 3:14 PM 19/6/13 3:14 PM THEMATIC INDEX | 511 feeling of being victimized 181...