Telling Young Lives: Portraits of Global Youth

By Craig Jeffrey and Jane Dyson

Book Overview

Telling Young Livespresents more than a dozen fascinating, ethnographically informed portraits of young people facing rapid changes in society and politics from different parts of the world. From a young woman engaged in agricultural labour in the High Himalayas to a youth activist based in Tanzania, the distinctive voices from the U.K., India, Germany, Sierra Leone, South Africa and Bosnia Herzegovina, provide insights into the active and creative ways these youths are addressing social and political challenges such as war, hunger and homelessness.Telling Young Liveshas great appeal for classroom use in geography courses and makes a welcome contribution to the growing field of "young geographies," as well as to politics and political geography. Its focus on individual portraits gives readers a fuller, more vivid picture of the ways in which global changes are reshaping the actual experiences and strategies of young people around the world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592139302
• ISBN13: 9781592139309
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"