Aspiring To The Good Life In Seoul

Author : Carolin Landgraf
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Göttingen
ISBN 13 : 3863955064
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aspiring to the Good Life in Seoul written by Carolin Landgraf and published by Universitätsverlag Göttingen. This book was released on 2021 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation explores the values and practices of young, middle-class South Koreans and what it means for them to live a good life. Based on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork, it attends to the pathways and life trajectories of young adults living, studying and working in Seoul, the country’s economic, political, cultural and educational centre. Due to changing economic conditions, it appears to be increasingly difficult for young people today to reproduce middle-class status. In public discourse, these difficulties are expressed in the terms ‘Spec’ or ‘Give-up Generation’. At the same time, young people are starting to question middle-class lifestyles and values and turn to practices which emphasise different standards. The author illustrates how young adults negotiate middle-class ideals by contextualising the values around four key themes – education, marriage, consumption, and work. In doing so, she explores her interlocutors’ thoughts and reflections about middle-class values through a theoretical and methodological framework centred on ordinary ethics and the everyday use of money. This ethnography sheds light on the complex and heterogenous ways young people in South Korea conceptualise and realise the good in their lives, and it focuses attention on the explicitness of ethics and the relationship between money and values in these young Seoulites’ everyday lives and social relations.

Author : Mariske Westendorp
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1789208963
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aspirations of Young Adults in Urban Asia written by Mariske Westendorp and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Koichi Iwabuchi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131728500X
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Routledge Handbook of East Asian Popular Culture written by Koichi Iwabuchi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1990s there has been a dramatic increase in cultural flows and connections between the countries in the East Asian region. Nowhere is this more apparent than when looking at popular culture where uneven but multilateral exchanges of Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, Hong Kong and Chinese products have led to the construction of an ‘East Asian Popular Culture’. This is both influenced by, and in turn influences, the national cultures, and generates transnational co-production and reinvention. As East Asian popular culture becomes a global force, it is increasingly important for us to understand the characteristics of contemporary East Asian popular culture, and in particular its transnational nature. In this handbook, the contributors theorize East Asian experiences and reconsider Western theories on cultural globalization to provide a cutting-edge overview of this global phenomenon. The Routledge Handbook of East Asian Popular Culture will be of great interest to students and scholars of a wide range of disciplines, including: Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Communication Studies, Anthropology, Sociology and Asian Studies in general.

Author : Wondra Chang
Publisher : Madville Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1948692597
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sonju written by Wondra Chang and published by Madville Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-16 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the period of rapidly evolving political strife in Korea following its liberation in 1945, Sonju's private struggle to seek her relevance in a male-dominated society parallels the struggles of Korea in becoming a force in the world.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Korea Business World written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : JoongAng Daily
Publisher : 서울셀렉션
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Glimpse of Seoul II written by JoongAng Daily and published by 서울셀렉션. This book was released on 2004 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leonard Bacon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 858 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Independent written by Leonard Bacon and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 858 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Leonard Chang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Over the Shoulder written by Leonard Chang and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of his partner's murder, Korean-American bodyguard--and reluctant investigator--Allen Choice follows an intricate and twisting tale that ultimately leads him back to the death of his father 20 years earlier and, ultimately, to the true meaning of the American dream.

Author : Jessica Jung
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534462538
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shine written by Jessica Jung and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An instant New York Times bestseller Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl by way of Jenny Han in this knockout debut about a Korean American teen who is thrust into the competitive, technicolor world of K-pop, from Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of one of the most influential K-pop girl groups of all time, Girls’ Generation. What would you give for a chance to live your dreams? For seventeen-year-old Korean American Rachel Kim, the answer is almost everything. Six years ago, she was recruited by DB Entertainment—one of Seoul’s largest K-pop labels, known for churning out some of the world’s most popular stars. The rules are simple: Train 24/7. Be perfect. Don’t date. Easy, right? Not so much. As the dark scandals of an industry bent on controlling and commodifying beautiful girls begin to bubble up, Rachel wonders if she’s strong enough to be a winner, or if she’ll end up crushed… Especially when she begins to develop feelings for K-pop star and DB golden boy Jason Lee. It’s not just that he’s charming, sexy, and ridiculously talented. He’s also the first person who really understands how badly she wants her star to rise. Get ready as Jessica Jung, K-pop legend and former lead singer of Korea’s most famous girl group, Girls’ Generation, takes us inside the luxe, hyper-color world of K-pop, where the stakes are high, but for one girl, the cost of success—and love—might be even higher. It’s time for the world to see: this is what it takes to shine.

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Publisher : Global Oriental
ISBN 13 : 9004217827
Total Pages : 723 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Korea: The Past and the Present (2 vols) written by and published by Global Oriental. This book was released on 2008-01-31 with total page 723 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1982, the British Association for Korean Studies has published nine sets of Papers from 1991 to 2005, the outcome of conferences, study days, workshops. The themes of Korea past and Korea present were selected to give the editors and BAKS council the widest choice of options in terms of scholarship, subject matter, interest.