Youth and the City in the Global South (Tracking Globalization)

✍ Scribed by Karen Tranberg Hansen

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 249
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The innovative, multi-site Youth and the City Project examined the effects of globalization and neoliberalism on the everyday experiences and future prospects of urban youth in the developing world. The economic and demographic trends that are transforming cities and widening the gap between North and South are also making it increasingly difficult, if not impossible, for young people to establish themselves as independent, self-sufficient adults in many parts of the world. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Brazil, Vietnam, and Zambia, this volume integrates youth studies with urban studies, and argues that youth is an experience in its own right, not merely a transition from childhood to adulthood. In-depth case studies in three cities--Recife, Hanoi, and Lusaka--offer compelling insights into the situation of urban youth, exploring how they use their city, spend their time, and prepare themselves for the future. Cross-cutting essays examine how education shapes future citizens, young people's use of urban domestic space, and the media's role in expanding the life worlds of youth.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Part 1. Situating Youth in the City......Page 12
1. Introduction: Youth and the City......Page 14
2. Youth across the Globe: Comparison, Interdisciplinarity, and Cross-National Collaboration......Page 35
Part 2. Studying Youth in Cities......Page 58
3. Dominant Ideas, Uncertain Lives: The Meaning of Youth in Recife......Page 60
4. Politicized Leisure in the Wake of Doi Moi: A Study in Youth in Hanoi......Page 85
5. Localities and Sites of Youth Agency in Lusaka......Page 109
Part 3. Youth Making Meaning......Page 136
6. Youth and the Home......Page 138
7. Toward Eduscapes: Youth and Schooling in a Global Era......Page 162
8. The Work of the Imagination: Young People's Media Appropriation......Page 185
9. Conclusion: Urban Youth in a Global World......Page 218
Contributors......Page 232
Index......Page 236