Overview
The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. More than half of the world's children grow up in Asia, a continent currently undergoing rapid economic and social change. Yet the voices of young people in Asian countries have received far too little attention. Providing a much-needed contribution to the field of childhood studies, The Emerald Handbook of Childhood and Youth in Asian Societies sets a new agenda in a research landscape that has so far lacked an overarching conceptual framework for illuminating Asian childhoods. Adopting a systematic and comprehensive approach, this pioneering handbook profiles Asian childhoods and youth embedded within their distinctive families and societies as well as in more universal contexts. Locating young people in a variety of social structures, chapters highlight and interrogate strong intergenerational obligations across Asian cultures, even as Asian societies undergo rapid economic change, political transformation, and mass migration. Prioritising Asian youth's perspectives and contributions and revising established analytical frameworks of research, The Emerald Handbook of Childhood and Youth in Asian Societies equips readers with an understanding of the complex interplay between local and global conditions and private and public actors in Asian countries.
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Author: Doris Bühler-Niederberger (University of Wuppertal, Germany) ,
Xiaorong Gu (University of Suffolk, UK) ,
Jessica Schwittek (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) ,
Elena Kim (American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan)
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.20cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.696kg
ISBN: 9781803822846
ISBN 10: 1803822848
Pages: 392
Publication Date: 29 September 2023
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
The book not only constitutes a useful resource for readers of Children’s Geographies; arguably its relevance is even greater for childhood and youth studies scholars based in Asian contexts who hopefully benefit most from the volume’s Open Access format. -- Roy Huijsmans, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Reviewer for Children’s Geographies
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Author Information
Doris Bühler-Niederberger is Rudolf Carnap Senior Professor at the University of Wuppertal, Germany. Xiaorong Gu is Lecturer in Childhood Studies at the University of Suffolk, UK. Jessica Schwittek is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Faculty of Educational Sciences at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Elena Kim is Professor of Social Sciences at the American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan.
