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- catalog abstract "In this ethnography of the everyday life of contemporary Korea, Denise Lett argues not only that South Korea's contemporary urban middle class exhibits upper-class characteristics but also that this reflects a culturally inherited disposition on the part of Koreans to seek high status, combined with a favorable political and economic climate that has made it possible for many to achieve this status. Lett shows that in addition to inheriting a cultural need for status from the yangban tradition, Koreans have adapted traditional ways of asserting high status to modern life. As Korea evolved from a "traditional" Confucian, agrarian, and largely closed and isolated society to one that is predominantly middle class, urban, industrialized, and increasingly global in outlook, new ways of asserting status have developed. Lett analyzes strategies for claiming high status in depth in terms of occupation, family, lifestyle, education, and marriage in order to show that these means of status assertion are the defining characteristics of South Korea's middle class.".
- catalog contributor b10586066.
- catalog coverage "Korea (South) Social conditions.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "In this ethnography of the everyday life of contemporary Korea, Denise Lett argues not only that South Korea's contemporary urban middle class exhibits upper-class characteristics but also that this reflects a culturally inherited disposition on the part of Koreans to seek high status, combined with a favorable political and economic climate that has made it possible for many to achieve this status. Lett shows that in addition to inheriting a cultural need for status from the yangban tradition, Koreans have adapted traditional ways of asserting high status to modern life. As Korea evolved from a "traditional" Confucian, agrarian, and largely closed and isolated society to one that is predominantly middle class, urban, industrialized, and increasingly global in outlook, new ways of asserting status have developed. Lett analyzes strategies for claiming high status in depth in terms of occupation, family, lifestyle, education, and marriage in order to show that these means of status assertion are the defining characteristics of South Korea's middle class.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-238) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- From Confucianism to Capitalism -- Occupations and Income -- Family -- Lifestyles -- Education -- Marriage Strategies -- Conclusion -- References -- Guide to Romanizations.".
- catalog extent "ix, 256 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "In pursuit of status.".
- catalog identifier "0674445953 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "In pursuit of status.".
- catalog isPartOf "Harvard East Asian monographs ; 170".
- catalog isPartOf "Harvard-Hallym series on Korean studies".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, (Mass.) : Harvard University Asia Center ; distributed by Harvard University Press,".
- catalog relation "In pursuit of status.".
- catalog spatial "Korea (South) Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Korea (South)".
- catalog subject "305.5/5/095195 21".
- catalog subject "HT690.K8 L48 1998".
- catalog subject "Middle class Korea (South)".
- catalog subject "Social status Korea (South)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- From Confucianism to Capitalism -- Occupations and Income -- Family -- Lifestyles -- Education -- Marriage Strategies -- Conclusion -- References -- Guide to Romanizations.".
- catalog title "In pursuit of status : the making of South Korea's "new" urban middle class / Denise Potrzeba Lett.".
- catalog type "text".