Phenomenology of Youth Cultures and Globalization: Lifeworlds and Surplus Meaning in Changing Times [Hardcover]

This edited collection brings together scholars who draw on phenomenological approaches to understand the experiences of young people growing up under contemporary conditions of globalization. Phenomenology is both a philosophical and pragmatic approach to social sciences research, that takes as central the meaning-making experiences of research participants. One of the central contentions of this book is that phenomenology has long informed critical empirical approaches to youth cultures, yet until recently its role has not been thusly named. This volume aims to resuscitate and recuperate phenomenology as a robust empirical, theoretical, and methodological approach to youth cultures. Chapters explore the lifeworlds of young people from countries around the world, revealing the tensions, risks and opportunities that organize youth experiences.

1. Introduction: Phenomenology of Youth Cultures and Globalization: Lifeworlds and Surplus Meaning in Changing Times  Jacqueline Kennelly and Stuart R. Poyntz  Section 1: Intersubjectivity: Oneself and Another  2. Translocality, Imagination, and the Political: A Hermeneutic Exploration of Youth Media Initiatives from India and Palestine  Sanjay Asthana  3. Performing Patriarchy: Indian Girls (En)gender a Social Imaginary  Kathleen Gallagher  4. Relational Phenomenology and the Politics of Global Urban Youth Research  Clovis Berg?re and Lauren Silver  Section 2: Experience and Meaning-Making: Oneself and the World  5. When the Soil Is Just Right It Has to Feel Like This : Peasant Youth of Northeastern Argentina: Experiences and Understanding  Ana Padawer  6. (Re)scriptilӳ