Aspirations of young adults in urban Asia: values, family and identity

"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,...

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Other Authors: Westendorp, Mariske (Editor), Remmert, Désirée (Editor), Finis, Kenneth (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford Berghahn Books 2021
Edition:1st. Publ.
Series:Asian anthropologies 11
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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"--
Physical Description:viii, 208 Seiten 24 cm
ISBN:9781789208955

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