In Pursuit of Status: The Making of South Korea's "New" Urban Middle Class
(Book #170 in the Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)
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In this ethnography of the everyday life of contemporary Korea, Denise Lett argues that South Korea's contemporary urban middle class not only exhibits upper-class characteristics but also that this reflects a culturally inherited disposition of Koreans to seek high status. Lett shows that Koreans have adapted traditional ways of asserting high status to modern life, and analyzes strategies for claiming high status in terms of occupation, family,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0674007816
ISBN13:9780674007819
Release Date:March 2002
Publisher:Harvard University Press
Length:270 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"
Related Subjects
Anthropology Asia Cultural History Korea Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences SociologyCustomer Reviews
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