Young Men in Uncertain Times / / ed. by Vered Amit, Noel Dyck.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Amit, Vered,; Armstrong, Gary,; Dyck, Noel,; Elliston, Deborah A.,; Evans, Gillian,; Frederiksen, Martin Demant,; Irwin, Anne,; Jankowiak, William,; Lukose, Ritty A.,; Mains, Daniel,; Moore, Robert,; Pan, Tianshu,; Rios, Victor M.,; Roche, Rosellen,; Rodriguez, Cesar,; Rosbrook-Thompson, James,; Terrio, Susan J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Amit, Vered,; Dyck, Noel,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2011]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (346 p.)

Anthropology is particularly well suited to explore the contemporary predicament in the coming of age of young men. Its grounded and comparative empiricism provides the opportunity to move beyond statistics, moral panics, or gender stereotypes in order to explore specific aspects of life course transitions, as well as the similar or divergent barriers or opportunities that young men in different parts of the world face. Yet, effective contextualization and comparison cannot be achieved by looking at male youths in isolation. This volume undertakes to contextualize male youths’ circumstances and to learn about their lives, perspectives, and actions, and in turn illuminates the larger structures and processes that mediate the experiences entailed in becoming young men. The situation of male youths provides an important vantage point from which to consider broader social transformations and continuities. By paying careful attention to these contexts, we achieve a better understanding of the current influences encountered and acted upon by young people.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction PURSUING RESPECTABLE ADULTHOOD Social Reproduction in Times of Uncertainty -- Part I JUST TRYING TO FIT IN -- Chapter 1 “SHINING” IN PUBLIC Masculine Assertion and Anxiety in Globalizing Kerala -- Chapter 2 “THERE WILL BE A LOT OF OLD YOUNG MEN GOING HOME” Combat and Becoming a Man in Afghanistan -- Chapter 3 INSTITUTIONALIZING AN EXTENDED YOUTH PHASE IN CHINESE SOCIETY Social Class and Sex Differences in the Pursuit of the Personal and the Pragmatic -- Part II MAKING DO IN CHANGING TIMES -- Chapter 4 YOUNG MEN’S STRUGGLES FOR ADULTHOOD IN URBAN ETHIOPIA Unemployment, Masculinity, and Migration -- Chapter 5 GENDERED MODERNITIES AND TRADITIONS Masculinity and Nationalism in the Society Islands -- Chapter 6 GOOD HEARTS OR BIG BELLIES Dzmak’atsoba and Images of Masculinity in the Republic of Georgia -- Chapter 7 BEING “MADE” THROUGH CONFLICT Masculine Hardening in Northern Ireland -- Part III DEALING WITH BEING “TROUBLE” -- Chapter 8 YOUNG MEN, TROUBLE, AND THE LAW A French Case -- Chapter 9 INCARCERABLE SUBJECTS Working-Class Black and Latino Male Youths in Two California Cities -- Chapter 10 MANAGING URBAN DISORDER? “The Street” and its Malcontents in the London Borough of Camden -- Chapter 11 BIG MAN SYSTEM, SHORT LIFE CULTURE Working-Class Boys and Street Violence in Southeast London -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX