Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction Studying Young People's Lives, Understanding Complex and Diverse Societies / Jorge Benedicto and Maritza Urteaga -- part 1 -- Youth Studies in Latin America and Spain: Multiple Perspectives, Multiple Contexts / Jorge Benedicto -- 1 Game of Glances Review of Youth Research in Latin America -- Jos é Antonio P é rez Islas -- 2 40 Years of Youth Studies in Spain and Their Contribution to Social Images of Youth / Juan Carlos Revilla and Mariano Urraco -- 3 The Current Theoretical Debates in Comparative Research on Young People A European Perspective / Almudena Moreno -- 4 Youth Images Visual Images, Representations and Imaginaries of Young People -- Ó scar Aguilera and Marcela Sa á -- part 2 -- The Life of Young People in Complex and Unequal Societies / Maritza Urteaga -- 5 Youth as Transition Theoretical and Methodological Contributions to the Youth Study Field in Latin America and Spain / Rafael Merino and Ana Miranda -- 6 Youth Cultures and Identities The Surfaces of the Underground / Carles Feixa -- 7 The Fragmentation of Youth Experience Social Inequality and Everyday Life in Urban Latin America / Gonzalo Sarav í -- 8 Precarious Natives New Profiles of Precarious Young People in the Flexible Economies / Antonio Santos-Ortega , David Mu ñ oz-Rodr í guez and Arantxa Grau-Mu ñ oz -- 9 Iuvenis Sacer The Systematic Murder of Young People in Latin America / Jos é Manuel Valenzuela -- 10 Gender Relationships and Sexual Affection between Young People Reflections from the Argentine Case / Silvia Elizalde -- part 3 -- Diversity and Youth Agency: Young People as Actors in Society / Jorge Benedicto and Dolores Rocca -- 11 Young Women as Social Actors Participation in Cultural Groups and the Feminist Empowerment of Young People in Catalonia (Spain) / M ò nica Figueras , Mittzy Arciniega , Nele Hansen and Tanja Strecker -- 12 Rural Youth A Political Actor of Social Movements in Brazil and its Impact on Youth Policies / Elisa Guaran á -- 13 Young Political Activists in Government-Supporting Organizations Argentina from a Regional Perspective / Melina V á zquez and Dolores Rocca -- 14 Kichwa Indigenous Youth from Ecuador Conditions and Context of their Youth Agency / Ren é Unda and Daniel Llanos -- 15 Migration and Youth Empowerment The Migration Experience of Young Latin Americans to Catalonia / Sonia P á ez de la Torre and Pere Soler -- 16 Youth in the Digital World Dispositions and Experiences of Internet Use / Daniel Calder ó n and Stribor Kuric -- Afterword Young People and Covid-19: Some Thoughts about a Very Near Future / Jorge Benedicto , Maritza Urteaga and Dolores Rocca -- Index.

Youth studies in Latin America and Spain face numerous challenges. This book delves into youth experiences in the 21st century, shaped by complex and pressing issues: the surge of youth cultures and groups, visual images of youth throughout time, and fragmented youth experiences in radically unequal societies. It analyzes young people as precarious natives in global capitalism and labor uncertainty, juvenicide, feminist discourse, social networks, intimacy and sexual affection among young people in a context of growing claims of gender equality. Also included are rural and indigenous youth as political actors, the actions of young political activists within government administrations, the experience of youth migration and empowerment, and young people dealing with the digital world. How have youth studies approached these issues in Latin America and Spain? Which were the main developments and transformations in this research field over the past years? Where is it heading? Contributors are: Jorge Benedicto, Maritza Urteaga, Dolores Rocca, José Antonio Pérez Islas, Juan Carlos Revilla, Mariano Urraco, Almudena Moreno, Óscar Aguilera, Marcela Saá, Rafael Merino, Ana Miranda, Carles Feixa, Gonzalo Saraví, Antonio Santos-Ortega, David Muñoz-Rodríguez, Arantxa Grau-Muñoz, José Manuel Valenzuela, Silvia Elizalde, Mónica Figueras, Mittzy Arciniega, Nele Hansen, Tanja Strecker, Elisa G. de Castro, Melina Vázquez, René Unda, Daniel Llanos, Sonia Páez de la Torre, Pere Soler, Daniel Calderón, and Stribor Kuric.

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