Representing Youth : : Methodological Issues in Critical Youth Studies / / ed. by Amy L. Best.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Best, Amy L.,; Chin, Elizabeth,; Driver, Susan,; Etheridge Woodson, Stephani,; Flacks, Marc,; Gold Hadley, Kathryn,; Knopp Biklen, Sari,; Leonard, Madeline,; Pascoe, C. J.,; Raby, Rebecca,; Richman, Alyssa,; Taft, Jessica Karen,; Ungar, Michael,; Vissing, Yvonne,
• HerausgeberIn: Best, Amy L.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

From youth culture to adolescent sexuality to the consumer purchasing power of children en masse, studies are flourishing. Yet doing research on this unquestionably more vulnerable-whether five or fifteen-population also poses a unique set of challenges and dilemmas for researchers. How should a six-year-old be approached for an interview? What questions and topics are appropriate for twelve year olds? Do parents need to give their approval for all studies?In Representing Youth, Amy L. Best has assembled an important group of essays from some of today’s top scholars on the subject of youth that address these concerns head on, providing scholars with thoughtful and often practical answers to their many methodological concerns. These original essays range from how to conduct research on youth in ways that can be empowering for them, to issues of writing and representation, to respecting boundaries and to dealing with issues of risk and responsibility to those interviewed. For anyone doing research or working with children and young adults, Representing Youth offers an indispensable guide to many of the unique dilemmas that research with kids entails.Contributors include: Amy L. Best, Sari Knopp Biklen, Elizabeth Chin, Susan Driver, Marc Flacks, Kathryn Gold Hadley, Madeline Leonard, C.J. Pascoe, Rebecca Raby, Alyssa Richman, Jessica Taft, Michael Ungar, Yvonne Vissing, and Stephani Etheridge Woodson.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I Framing Youth -- 1 Across a Great Gulf? -- 2 “Label Jars Not People” -- 3 Grow ’em Strong -- 4 A Roof over Their Head -- PART II From the Field -- 5 With a Capital “G” -- 6 Will the Least-Adult Please Stand Up? -- 7 The Outsider Lurking Online -- 8 Racing Age -- 9 “What If a Guy Hits on You?” -- PART III Activating Youth -- 10 Trouble on Memory Lane -- 11 Power-Puff Ethnography/Guerrilla Research -- 12 Performing Youth -- 13 Beyond “Straight” Interpretations -- About the Contributors -- Index