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

by Ann Anagnost

Book Overview

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 Asia gathers together ethnographic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804776172
• ISBN13: 9780804776172
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.3"