In Pursuit of Status: The Making of South Korea s New Urban Middle Class

In Pursuit of Status: The Making of South Korea s New Urban Middle Class Lett Denise Potrzeba Wydawca: Harvard University, Asia Center Data wydania: 2002 ISBN: 9780674007819 Liczba stron: 270 Format: 229 x 152 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: 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.