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What is youth? How do we understand youth in its social and cultural context?In this timely and sought-after title, Cieslik and Simpson provide a concise and readily accessible introduction to the interdisciplinary field of youth studies. Drawing upon the latest research and developments in the field, as well as discussing the fundamental ideas underlying the disciplines as a whole, it offers a comprehensive yet unpacked understanding of youth as a social phenomenon. Illuminating the many abstract and contested concepts within youth studies, this book offers explanations to questions such as: • How might we define youth? • How can we understand young people in relation to their social identities and practices? • What is the relationship between youth and social class? • How do youth cultures develop? • How can we understand youth in a globalized perspective? Key Concepts in Youth Studies stands out as a natural companion for students on youth studies, sociology, criminology and social science programmes. It will also be useful for youth practitioners such as social workers and teachers. Key Concepts in Youth Studies stands out as a natural companion for students on youth studies, sociology, criminology and social science programmes. It will also be useful for practitioners in area of social work and youth and community development.
Young People and the Body
Young People and the Body
Over the last thirty years or so sociologists have been increasingly concerned with the ways in which the body is implicated in social identities, cultures and power relationships. Writers such as Foucault (1977) and Elias (2000) chart the long-term changes in societies and the self, suggesting that modernity is characterised by an increasing body consciousness. The body plays a greater role in how people experience their lives in terms of outward bodily appearance and internally through emotions and subjectivities. Featherstone (2000) and Crossley (2006) discuss the growth of an increasingly visual culture encouraged by technological advances (video, photography, the Internet) that has further promoted concerns with the body and appearance. Recent research points to the use ...
