TY - CHAP
T1 - Conclusion
T2 - The Future of Urban Asia
AU - Westendorp, Mariske
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This volume contains nine ethnographic narratives of young adults living and designing a life for themselves in a variety of urban Asian contexts. The chapters range from East Asia (Beijing, Taipei, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka and Hong Kong) to Southeast Asia (Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City) and South Asia (Colombo and Dhaka). The actors presented in the chapters express economic, political, social, cultural, educational, physical, national, transcendental and familial aspirations. Taking all these chapters together, we obtain a unique picture of the theory of aspirations at play. The collection of chapters in this volume has presented us with empirical evidence to understand changing aspirations and lifestyles in various Asian contexts that are at different stages of economic development and integration into global capitalism and consumerism. They also grant us the possibility of examining the cultural and ideological discourses behind aspirations, which are related to divisions between classes, generations and ethnicities.
AB - This volume contains nine ethnographic narratives of young adults living and designing a life for themselves in a variety of urban Asian contexts. The chapters range from East Asia (Beijing, Taipei, Shanghai, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka and Hong Kong) to Southeast Asia (Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City) and South Asia (Colombo and Dhaka). The actors presented in the chapters express economic, political, social, cultural, educational, physical, national, transcendental and familial aspirations. Taking all these chapters together, we obtain a unique picture of the theory of aspirations at play. The collection of chapters in this volume has presented us with empirical evidence to understand changing aspirations and lifestyles in various Asian contexts that are at different stages of economic development and integration into global capitalism and consumerism. They also grant us the possibility of examining the cultural and ideological discourses behind aspirations, which are related to divisions between classes, generations and ethnicities.
U2 - 10.1515/9781789208962-012
DO - 10.1515/9781789208962-012
M3 - Chapter
SN - 978-1-78920-895-5
T3 - Asian Anthropologies
SP - 187
EP - 200
BT - Aspirations of Young Adults in Urban Asia
A2 - Westendorp, Mariske
A2 - Remmert, Desiree
A2 - Finis, Kenneth
PB - Berghahn
ER -