Global Futures in East Asia Youth, Nation, and the New Economy in Uncertain Times

Name: Global Futures in East Asia Youth, Nation, and the New Economy in Uncertain Times
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ISBN: 9780804776189

ISBN-10: 0804776180

ISBN-13: 9780804776189

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ann Anagnost, Andrea Arai, Hai Ren

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The East Asian economic miracle of the twentieth century is now a fond memory. What does it mean to be living in post-miracle times? For the youth of China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, the opportunities and challenges of the neoliberal age, deeply shaped by global forces in labor markets, powerfully frame their life prospects in ways that are barely recognizable to their parents.Global Futures in East Asiagathers together ethnographic explorations of what its contributors call projects of "life-making." Here we see youth striving to understand themselves, their place in society, and their career opportunities in the nation, region, and world. While some express optimism, it is clear…

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List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 1/9/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Life-Making in Neoliberal Times




The Middle-Class Norm and Responsible Consumption in China's Risk Society




Miraculous Rebirth: Making Global Places in Taiwan




On the Streets of Beijing: Medical Melodrama in the Everyday




On their Own: Becoming Cosmopolitan Subjects beyond College in South Korea




Smile Chaoyang: Education and Culture in Neoliberal Taiwan




"What If Your Client/Employer Treats Her Dog Better Than She Treats You?": Market Militarism and Market Humanism in Postsocialist Beijing




Notes to the Heart: New Lessons in National Sentiment and Sacrifice from Recessionary Japan




Neoliberal Speech Acts: The Equal Opportunity Law and Projects of the Self in a Japanese Corporate Office




Workplace Dramas and Labor Fantasies in 1990s Japan




Governmental Entanglements: The Ambiguities of Progressive Politics in Neoliberal Reform in South Korea



References Cited


About the Contributors


Index