Telling young lives : portraits in global youth / edited by Craig Jeffrey and Jane Dyson. - Philadelphia, PA : Temple University Press, 2008. - viii, 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Saka : growing up in the Indian Himalayas / Craig Jeffrey and Jane Dyson -- "All my life, I've bounced around" : a portrait of Blacc / Kristina Gibson -- Vusi majola : "walking until the shoes is finished" / Paula Meth -- Young, white, male, and working class : a portrait of Richard / Linda McDowell -- Young, male, Scottish, and Muslim : a portrait of Kabir / Peter Hopkins -- Politics, lifestyle, and identity : the story of Sven, East Germany / Kathrin Horschelmann -- "Each and every single story about me-- there's like a huge twist to it" : growing up at risk in the United States, a portrait of Mike / Sean Crotty, Christopher Moreno, and Stuart Aitken -- Zilho's journeys : displacement and return in Bosnia-Herzegovina / Alex Jeffrey -- Rocks : a portrait of Mohammed / Danny Hoffman -- From footballs to fixer : Suresh and the new politicians in north India / Craig Jeffrey -- Telling Nala's story : negotiating the global agendas and local politics of Maasai development in Tanzania / Benjamin Gardner -- Darkest whiteness : race, class, and culture in global times : a portrait of Helena / Anoop Nayak -- Young, deaf, and lesbian : a portrait of Susannah / Tracey Skelton -- Afterword : global portraits and local snapshots / Chris Philo and Kate Swanson.

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Youth--Biography.
Globalization--Social aspects
Globalization--Economic aspects
World politics

HQ796 / .T414 2008

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