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Original Articles

The ‘Post-80s Generation,’ ‘Young Night Drifters,’ and the construction of a generic youth subject in Hong Kong

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Pages 829-846 | Received 06 Jul 2013, Accepted 05 Dec 2013, Published online: 27 Jan 2014

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