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  1. 1. PLANNING TIME: Structuring of the Everyday among Young Adults in Non-Traditional Jobs

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Lydia Enetjärn Berner; [2022-08-24]
    Keywords : social time; middle class youth; planning; Germany; activities;

    Abstract : Unstructured time and “wasted” time is often shunned and unwanted in today’s society focused on productive and progressive use of time. In this essay, I examine how planning of everyday activities gives structure and purpose to the day with the help of tools such as personal calendars and to-do lists. READ MORE

  3. 2. Young middle class Iranians' perspectives upon the lifted sanctions and its effects upon their private economies: A qualitative research of their perceptions and experiences from Tehran and Karaj

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Noelle Nor Rossnahan; [2016]
    Keywords : Experiences; Economic Sanctions; Iran; Private economy; Youth; Perceptions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this research is to investigate existing perceptions upon the sanctions relief amongst middle class Iranian youths between the ages of 25 to 30, living in Karaj and Tehran. The thesis also examines how the economic sanctions have affected their private economies in the post-sanctions era to fill the research gap within the development research field. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Value of Taste: Consumption Strategies for Social Upward Mobility among Urban Chinese Youth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Annie Ross; [2015]
    Keywords : Xiaozi; youth; distinction; social mobility; urban; middle-class; consumer culture; China.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores a group of young Western-oriented Chinese consumers called xiaozi in Shanghai, comprised mainly by young individuals from an urban lower middle-class background who attempt at adopting a lifestyle and identity marked by a taste for fine arts and foreign culture. The study shows that by means of social distinction through taste and foreign cultural practices the xiaozi youth can attempt at acquiring cultural capital for upward social mobility, to compensate for their lack of economic capital or social connections in Shanghai's society. READ MORE

  5. 4. The 'Paradox' of Being Young in New Delhi : Urban Middle Class Youth Negotiations with Popular Indian Film

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Elizabeth Williams Örberg; [2007]
    Keywords : India; New Delhi; middle class; film; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis attempts to understand the ways in which popular film is integrated into the everyday lives of urban middle class youth in India. Approaching the study of film through an audience reception approach, I engaged in participant observation and interviews during a fieldwork period in New Delhi in order to better understand how a young audience might negotiate the fantasy of filmic images into the reality of their own lives. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Paradox of Modernity : A study of girl discrimination in urban Punjab, India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Marie Nilsson; [2004]
    Keywords : India; Punjab; modernity; tradition; gender; sex selection; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study has brought attention to the paradox of modernity, in which certain elements of tradition tend to survive the forces of modernisation and may even, as in this case, be amplified in society. The study demonstrated that modernity, when seen from a gendered perspective generates processes and results that favour men, not women. READ MORE