Youth Studies in Transition: Culture, Generation and New Learning Processes

Description

This book provides an updated and fresh introduction to recent theoretical developments in youth studies. It expands upon these developments and introduces new discussions and perspectives. It presents three central theoretical traditions in youth studies, and explores the possibilities of redefining some of the central concepts, but also of combining different theoretical perspectives. After depicting the theoretical landscape of youth studies, the book explores generations and new subjectivities. Next, it examines subcultures and transitional spaces, mediatization and learning processes. One chapter is set aside for a discussion on the body, the self and habitus, and this is followed by a chapter on postcolonial spaces. Before presenting its conclusions, the book delves into the development of youth studies, theory and everyday life. All together the book taps into what is happening in the everyday lives of young people, and employs a methodology that can be used to create bridges between young people’s voices and experiences on the one hand and societal and cultural transformations on the other. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction (Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz)....Pages 1-9 The Theoretical Landscape of Youth Studies (Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz)....Pages 11-28 Generations and New Subjectivities (Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz)....Pages 29-40 Subcultures and Transitional Spaces (Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz)....Pages 41-53 Mediatization and Learning Processes (Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz)....Pages 55-71 The Body, the Care of the Self, and Habitus (Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz)....Pages 73-86 Postcolonial Spaces (Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz)....Pages 87-106 Youth Studies, Theory, and Everyday Life in Motion (Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz)....Pages 107-126 Conclusions (Thomas Johansson, Marcus Herz)....Pages 127-133 Back Matter ....Pages 135-140