Description
Book SynopsisExamines the changing political and social strategies of contemporary young people around the globe
Trade Review"Telling Young Lives
provides us with thirteen in depth portraits of young people around the globe, as they navigate their way through homelessness, precarious labor, ethnic conflict, religious persecutions and simple everyday challenges of growing up. Told in rich, often lyrical detail, and through the voices of these young people themselves, each narrative is supplemented with suggested additional scholarly readings. Telling Young Lives
provides the reader with a compelling introduction into the politics of everyday life as shaped and experienced by contemporary young people. A great read."—
Sue Ruddick, Associate Professor of Geography, University of Toronto
Table of ContentsForeword
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Saka: Growing Up in the Indian Himalayas
3. "All My Life, I've Bounced Around": A Portrait of Blacc
4. Vusi Majola: "Walking Until the Shoes Is Finsihed"
5. Young, White, Male, and Working Class: A Portrait of Richard
6. Young, Male, Scottish, and Muslim: A Portrait of Kabir
7. Politics, Lifestyle, and Identity: The Story of Sven, Eastern Germany
8. "Each and Every Single Story About Me…There's Like a Huge Twist to It": Growing Up at Risk in the United States —A A Portrait of Mike
9. Zilho's Journeys: Displacement and Return in Bosnia-Herzegovina
10. Rocks: A Portrait of Mohammed
11. From Footballs to Fixer: Suresh and the New Politicians in North India
12. Telling Nala's Story: Negotiating the Global Agendas and Local Politics of Maasai Development in Tanzania
13. Darkest Whiteness: Race, Class, and Culture in Global Times: A Portrait of Helena
14. Young, Deaf, and Lesbian: A Portrait of Susannah
15. Afterword: Global Portraits and Local Snapshots
About the Contributors
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