Global futures in East Asia : youth, nation, and the new economy in uncertain times / edited by Ann Anagnost, Andrea Arai, and Hai Ren.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Anagnost, Ann, editor.

Arai, Andrea, 1956- editor.

Ren, Hai, 1965- editor.

Series:

Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Youth--Employment--East Asia--Case studies.

Youth.

Neoliberalism--East Asia--Case studies.

Neoliberalism.

Globalization--Economic aspects--East Asia--Case studies.

Globalization.

Ethnology.

Economic conditions.

Globalization--Economic aspects.

Youth--Employment.

East Asia--Economic conditions--21st century.

East Asia.

Ethnology--East Asia--Case studies.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

The East Asian economic miracle of the twentieth century is now a fond memory. For the youth of China, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea, the opportunities and challenges of the neoliberal age powerfully frame their life prospects in ways that are barely recognizable to their parents. Global Futures in East Asia gathers 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 that many others dread their prospects in the competitive global system in which the failure to thrive is isolating, humiliating, and possibly even fatal. Deeply engaged with significant theoretical debates and rich with cross-national comparisons, this collection will be of great interest to all scholars and students interested in the formation of subjects and subjectivities under globalization and neoliberalism. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : life making in neoliberal times / Ann Anagnost

The middle-class norm and responsible consumption in China's risk society / Hai Ren

Miraculous rebirth : making global places in Taiwan / Ching-wen Hsu

On the streets of Beijing : medical melodrama in the everyday / Trang X. Ta

On their own : becoming cosmopolitan subjects beyond college in South Korea / Nancy Abelmann, So Jin Park and Hyunhee Kim

Smile Chaoyang : education and culture in neoliberal Taiwan / Nickola Pazderic

"What if your client/employer treats her dog better than she treats you?" : market militarism and market humanism in postsocialist Beijing / YAN Hairong

Notes to the heart : new lessons in national sentiment and sacrifice from recessionary Japan / Andrea G. Arai

Neoliberal speech acts : the Equal Opportunity Law and projects of the self in a Japanese corporate office / Miyako Inoue

Workplace dramas and labor fantasies in 1990s Japan / Gabriella Lukacs

Governmental entanglements : the ambiguities of progressive politics in neoliberal reform in South Korea / Jesook Song.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804776172

0804776172

9780804776189

0804776180

OCLC:

787508844