Unfolding livesYouth, gender and change
Youth, Gender and Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19986974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Thomson (0000-0002-3955-5818, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 202 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-22 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Unfolding Lives (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Policy Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1332/policypress/9781847420510.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W174831592 |
| Open Library | OL24903686M |
| ISBN | 9781847420510 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
The process of becoming an adult in contemporary times is fragmented and unequal, shaped by chance, choice and timing. "Unfolding lives" presents a unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. The book follows individual lives over time, enabling the reader to witness gender identities in the making and breathing new life into static analytic models. At the heart of the book are vivid in-depth accounts of four young lives, emblematic of broader biographical trends. They reveal how inequalities and privileges are made in new and unexpected ways, through practices such as falling in love, coming out, acting out and religious conversion. A focus on temporal processes and changing meanings captures what it feels like to be young and shows the creative ways that young people navigate the conflicting and changing demands of personal relationships, schooling, work and play. "Unfolding lives" is also a demonstration of a method-in-practice, describing how longitudinal material can be analysed and animated to realise the relationship between personal and social change. Written in an accessible style that breaks the conventional academic mould, "Unfolding lives" is a compelling and provocative read. The book will be an essential text for students and academics involved in youth and gender studies as well as those interested in new directions in qualitative research methods and writing
Political science · Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics · conduct of life · Gender identity · Social change · Social conditions · Youth
Environment in the Lives of Children and Families
Black working-class students’ negotiation of boundaries across time and space
Differentiating the self
I’m bringing back a dead art”
Multi-ethnic Girls' Social Positional Identities in Educational Transitions
Positional identities in educational transitions
An Analysis of Biographies in Collective Memory Research
Storying qualitative longitudinal research
Romantic turning points and patterns of leaving home
Differing patterns of employment for university students
Navigating precarious times? The experience of young adults who have been in care in Norway, Denmark and England
Housing after care
Negotiating motherhood
Learning Lives Connected
Futuremaking and digital engagement
I don't want to look like an Aids victim”
I'm not a tree hugger, I'm just like you
Imagined adulthood under transition – Somali-Swedish girls’ life-planning in a late modernity context
Children having children? Religion, psychology and the birth of the teenage pregnancy problem
Actually There is a Brain in There’
The Arrow of Time in the Space of the Present
Harnessing agency
Deconstructing doing well; what can we learn from care experienced young people in England, Denmark and Norway
Class, parenting and academic stress in Norway
Canonical moments and disruptive moves in youth studies research
Marking time, making methods
What Counts as Success? Wider Implications of Achieving Planning Permission in a Low-Impact Ecovillage
Handbook of Children and Youth Studies
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |