Telling Young Lives: Portraits of Global Youth

Contents

Contents Foreword / Katharyne Mitchell vii Acknowledgments ix 1 Introduction / Craig Jeffrey and Jane Dyson 1 2 Saka: Growing Up in the Indian Himalayas / Jane Dyson 15 3 “All My Life, I’ve Bounced Around”: A Portrait of Blacc / Kristina Gibson 27 4 Vusi Majola: “Walking Until the Shoes Is Finished” / Paula Meth 40 5 Young, White, Male, and Working Class: A Portrait of Richard / Linda McDowell 56 6 Young, Male, Scottish, and Muslim: A Portrait of Kabir / Peter Hopkins 69 7 Politics, Lifestyle, and Identity: The Story of Sven, Eastern Germany / Kathrin Horschelmann 81 8 “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 97 vi Contents 9 Zilho’s Journeys: Displacement and Return in Bosnia-Herzegovina / Alex Jeffrey 113 10 Rocks: A Portrait of Mohammed / Danny Hoffman 123 11 From Footballs to Fixer: Suresh and the New Politicians in North India / Craig Jeffrey 136 12 Telling Nala’s Story: Negotiating the Global Agendas and Local Politics of Maasai Development in Tanzania / Benjamin Gardner 148 13 Darkest Whiteness: Race, Class, and Culture in Global Times: A Portrait of Helena / Anoop Nayak 164 14 Young, Deaf, and Lesbian: A Portrait of Susannah / Tracey Skelton 174 15 Afterword: Global Portraits and Local Snapshots / Chris Philo and Kate Swanson 193 About the Contributors 209 Index 213 ...