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Youth Urban Worlds

Aesthetic Political Action in Montreal

Julie-Anne Boudreau author Joelle Rondeau author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:1st Apr '21

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Both theoretically informed and empirically rich, Youth Urban Worlds explores how urban cultures affect political action amongst youth.

  • Argues that urban cultures challenge the very meaning and contours of the political process
  • Includes ethnographies, delving into the perspectives and knowledges of racialized youth, urban farmers, and “voluntary risk takers,” like dumpster divers, building climbers, and student protestors
  • Theorizes that aesthetics are an increasingly crucial form of political action in the contemporary urban setting and explains the impact of aesthetics on the political
  • Examines the centrality of fun, warmth, aesthetics, and embodiment to these youth’s experience of being in the world
  • Explains how youth are able to practically and concretely impact the political process through the performance of risky and disruptive behavior
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ISBN: 9781119582212

Dimensions: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm

Weight: 386g

240 pages