The Oxford handbook of global south youth studies
Ninety percent of the world's youth live in Africa, Latin America and the developing countries of Asia. Despite this, the field of Youth Studies, like many others, is dominated by the knowledge economy of the Global North. To address these geopolitical inequalities of knowledge, The Oxford Hand...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2020, 2020-2021
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| Series: | Oxford handbooks online / Oxford handbooks online
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| Collection: | Oxford Handbook Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Ninety percent of the world's youth live in Africa, Latin America and the developing countries of Asia. Despite this, the field of Youth Studies, like many others, is dominated by the knowledge economy of the Global North. To address these geopolitical inequalities of knowledge, The Oxford Handbook of Global South Youth Studies offers a contribution from Southern scholars to remake Youth Studies from its current state, that universalizes Northern perspectives, into a truly Global Youth Studies. Contributors from across the Global South-including from Diaspora, Indigenous and Aboriginal communities-locate and define 'the Global South'; articulate the necessity of studying Southern lives to enrich, reinterpret, legitimate, and offer symmetry to youth studies; and use Southern theory to do so |
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| Published: | 2020-2021 |
| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2021 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Publication Frequency: | Monthly |
| ISBN: | 9780190930035 |