ISBN:
9781789208962
Language:
Undetermined
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (222 p)
Edition:
1st edition
Series Statement:
Asian Anthropologies 11
Abstract:
Download PDF of Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: A Theoretical Framework for Exploring Aspirations of Youth in Urban Asia -- Mariske Westendorp, Désirée Remmert and Kenneth Finis -- Chapter 1. Female Filiality Reconfigured: Integrating Parental Expectations and Personal Aspirations in Beijing and Taipei -- Désirée Remmert -- Chapter 2. A Journey from Taipei to Shanghai: The Impact of Migration Experience on Taiwanese Young Adults’ Aspirations and Identities in an Asian Global City -- Chia-Yuan Huang -- Chapter 3. Aspiring to the Good Life: South Korea's Spec-generation -- Carolin Landgraf -- Chapter 4. Navigating Towards a ‘Good Future’: Significance of Appearance in the Aspirations of Dhaka Middle-class Girls -- Suborna Camellia -- Chapter 5. Searching for a Fulfilling Life: Temporary Migration to Dublin amongst Young Japanese Women -- Ayako Suzuki -- Chapter 6. The Imaginations of Talking Back: Exploring Identities among the Indian Youth in Urban, Middle-class Malaysia -- Sally Anne Param -- Chapter 7. Law Students, Aspirations and Accomplishments in Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Morten Koch Andersen -- Chapter 8. Cosmopolitan Coffee Aspirations in Contemporary Vietnam -- Sarah G. Grant -- Chapter 9. Transcending Aspirations: Buddhism and the Quest for Belonging in Urban Hong Kong -- Mariske Westendorp -- Conclusion: The Future of Urban Asia -- Mariske Westendorp -- Index --
Abstract:
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
Note:
Zielgruppe - Audience: Professional and scholarly
