ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|19 pages
Introduction
part 1|74 pages
Intersubjectivity
chapter 2|30 pages
Translocality, Imagination and the Political
part 2|85 pages
Experience and Meaning-Making
chapter 5|19 pages
“When the Soil Is Just Right—It Has to Feel Like This”
chapter 8|26 pages
Phenomenological Passports
part 3|95 pages
Embodiment and Temporality