Teen Lives around the World: A Global Encyclopedia [2 volumes]

by Karen Wells

Overview

This two-volume encyclopedia looks at the lives of teenagers around the world, examining topics from a typical school day to major issues that teens face today, including bullying, violence, sexuality, and social and financial pressures.

Teenagers are living in a rapidly changing and increasingly interconnected yet unequal world. Whether they live in Australia or Zimbabwe, they have in common that they are between childhood and adulthood and increasingly aware of how inequality is affecting their lives and futures. This encyclopedia gives a different perspective based on the experiences of teens in 60 countries.

Each entry gives the reader a brief sketch of a country to helps readers to understand how geography, history, economics, and politics shape teen life. The entries include a country overview and cover the following topics: Schooling and Education; Extracurricular Activities: Art, Music, and Sports; Family and Social Life; Religions and Cultural Rites of Passage; Rights and Legal Status; and Issues Today. Special sidebars, called Teen Voices, appear throughout the text, and include a description of a typical day in the life of a teen in various countries. Students will be able to gain a better understanding of what life is like around the world for their peers and will be able to easily make cross-cultural comparisons between different countries.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440852442
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/08/2019
Pages:	752
Product dimensions:	7.35(w) x 10.70(h) x 2.25(d)

About the Author

Karen Wells is professor of human geography at Birkbeck, University of London, where she runs the Masters program in Children, Youth and International Development. Her research focuses on childhood and globalization, and visual cultures of childhood.

Table of Contents

VOLUME 1
Preface
Introduction
Australia
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Cuba
Egypt
Ethiopia
France
Germany
Ghana
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Lebanon
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Nigeria
VOLUME 2
Pakistan
Palestine
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Russia (Siberia)
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Syria
Tanzania
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States of America
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
Selected Bibliography
About the Editor and Contributors
Index

Editorial Reviews

This resource pulls together a massive amount of information gleaned from an array of resources. Best suited for researchers and professionals, this set will be of interest to academic and large public libraries.” —Booklist

From the Publisher

★ 04/01/2020

Characterizing teens as the group with the world's largest population and the least amount of political and economic power, Wells (human geography, Univ. of London) sets out to understand the variety of adolescent life and the different global and local forces shaping it in 53 countries from Australia to Zimbabwe. Her primary focus is young adults most often on the margins of mainstream media, especially ethnic and religious minorities in the United States, the UK, Canada, and France. Each country review begins with a brief introduction followed by sections on schooling and education, extracurricular activities, family and social relations, religious and cultural rites of passage, rights and legal status, inequalities, and issues today. Profiles are written by authors who hail from the nations in question, lending credibility to the entries. Besides the outstanding content, what stands out are the lengthy resources of further reading in each chapter that will significantly assist report writers and researchers in need of more information on the subject. On one hand, the book expertly captures how local histories, geographies, and demographics mold the lives of young people. On the other, it seamlessly demonstrates the commonality of global teenage interests, physical development, and social identities despite huge variations in culture, economics, politics, and societies. VERDICT Balanced and highly representative of contemporary teen life, this is an excellent introduction for anyone who wants to compare and contrast the lifestyles and interests of modern teens. It will be especially valuable to high school and undergraduate students.—Rob Tench, Old Dominion Univ. Libs., Norfolk, VA

Library Journal