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Aspirations of Young Adults in Urban Asia : Values, Family, and Identity / ed. by Mariske Westendorp, Désirée Remmert, Kenneth Finis.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Asian Anthropologies ; 11Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Berghahn Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781789208955
  • 9781789208962
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.235095/091732 23
LOC classification:
  • HQ799.8.A75
  • HQ799.8.A75 A76 2021
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION A Theoretical Framework for Exploring Aspirations of Youth in Urban Asia -- 1 FEMALE FILIALITY RECONFIGURED Integrating Parental Expectations and Personal Aspirations in Beijing and Taipei -- 2 A JOURNEY FROM TAIPEI TO SHANGHAI The Impact of Migration Experience on Taiwanese Young Adults’ Aspirations and Identities in an Asian Global City -- 3 ASPIRING TO THE GOOD LIFE South Korea’s Spec-Generation -- 4 NAVIGATING TOWARDS A ‘GOOD FUTURE’ The Significance of Appearance in the Aspirations of Middle-Class Girls in Dhaka -- 5 SEARCHING FOR A FULFILLING LIFE Temporary Migration to Dublin amongst Young Japanese Women -- 6 THE IMAGINATIONS OF TALKING BACK Exploring Identities among the Indian Youth in Urban, Middle-Class Malaysia -- 7 LAW STUDENTS, ASPIRATIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA -- 8 COSMOPOLITAN COFFEE ASPIRATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY VIETNAM -- 9 TRANSCENDING ASPIRATIONS Buddhism and the Quest for Belonging in Urban Hong Kong -- CONCLUSION The Future of Urban Asia -- INDEX
Summary: Comparing first-person ethnographic accounts of young people living, working, and creating relationships in cities across Asia, this volume explores their contemporary lives, pressures, ideals, and aspirations. Delving into topical issues such as education, social inequality, family pressures, changing values, precarious employment, and political discontent, the book explores how young people are pushing boundaries and imagining their future. In this way, they explore and create the identities of their local and global surroundings.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION A Theoretical Framework for Exploring Aspirations of Youth in Urban Asia -- 1 FEMALE FILIALITY RECONFIGURED Integrating Parental Expectations and Personal Aspirations in Beijing and Taipei -- 2 A JOURNEY FROM TAIPEI TO SHANGHAI The Impact of Migration Experience on Taiwanese Young Adults’ Aspirations and Identities in an Asian Global City -- 3 ASPIRING TO THE GOOD LIFE South Korea’s Spec-Generation -- 4 NAVIGATING TOWARDS A ‘GOOD FUTURE’ The Significance of Appearance in the Aspirations of Middle-Class Girls in Dhaka -- 5 SEARCHING FOR A FULFILLING LIFE Temporary Migration to Dublin amongst Young Japanese Women -- 6 THE IMAGINATIONS OF TALKING BACK Exploring Identities among the Indian Youth in Urban, Middle-Class Malaysia -- 7 LAW STUDENTS, ASPIRATIONS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA -- 8 COSMOPOLITAN COFFEE ASPIRATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY VIETNAM -- 9 TRANSCENDING ASPIRATIONS Buddhism and the Quest for Belonging in Urban Hong Kong -- CONCLUSION The Future of Urban Asia -- INDEX

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Comparing first-person ethnographic accounts of young people living, working, and creating relationships in cities across Asia, this volume explores their contemporary lives, pressures, ideals, and aspirations. Delving into topical issues such as education, social inequality, family pressures, changing values, precarious employment, and political discontent, the book explores how young people are pushing boundaries and imagining their future. In this way, they explore and create the identities of their local and global surroundings.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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