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Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Theoretical Framework for Exploring Aspirations of Youth in Urban Asia
Mariske Westendorp, Désirée Remmert and Kenneth Finis
Chapter 1. Female Filiality Reconfigured: Integrating Parental Expectations and Personal Aspirations in Beijing and Taipei
Désirée Remmert
Chapter 2. A Journey from Taipei to Shanghai: The Impact of Migration Experience on Taiwanese Young Adults’ Aspirations and Identities in an Asian Global City
Chia-Yuan Huang
Chapter 3. Aspiring to the Good Life: South Korea's Spec-generation
Carolin Landgraf
Chapter 4. Navigating Towards a ‘Good Future’: Significance of Appearance in the Aspirations of Dhaka Middle-class Girls
Suborna Camellia
Chapter 5. Searching for a Fulfilling Life: Temporary Migration to Dublin amongst Young Japanese Women
Ayako Suzuki
Chapter 6. The Imaginations of Talking Back: Exploring Identities among the Indian Youth in Urban, Middle-class Malaysia
Sally Anne Param
Chapter 7. Law Students, Aspirations and Accomplishments in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Morten Koch Andersen
Chapter 8. Cosmopolitan Coffee Aspirations in Contemporary Vietnam
Sarah G. Grant
Chapter 9. Transcending Aspirations: Buddhism and the Quest for Belonging in Urban Hong Kong
Mariske Westendorp
Conclusion: The Future of Urban Asia
Mariske Westendorp
Index
Aspirations of Young Adults in Urban Asia
Values, Family, and Identity
Edited by Mariske Westendorp, Désirée Remmert and Kenneth Finis
222 pages, bibliog., index
ISBN 978-1-78920-895-5 Hb Published (October 2020)
eISBN 978-1-80539-562-1 eBook