Young men in uncertain times

Abstract

Introduction. Pursuing Respectable Adulthood: Social Reproduction in Times of Uncertainty. Vered Amit and Noel Dyck PART I: JUST TRYING TO FIT ITPart I. Just Trying To Fit In Chapter 1. 'Shining' in Public: Masculine Assertion and Anxiety in Globalizing Kerala. Ritty A. Lukose Chapter 2. There will be a lot of old young men going homeA: Combat and Becoming a Man. Anne Irwin Chapter 3. Institutionalizing an Extended Youth Phase in Chinese Society: Social Class and Sex Differences in the Pursuit of the Personal and the Pragmatic. William Jankowiak, Robert Moore, and Tianshu Pan PART II: MAKING DO IN CHANGING TIMESPart II. Making Do in Changing Times Chapter 4. Young Men's Struggles for Adulthood in Urban Ethiopia: Unemployment, Masculinity, and Migration. Daniel Mains Chapter 5. Gendered Modernities and Traditions: Masculinity and Nationalism in the Society Islands. Deborah A. Elliston Chapter 6. Good Hearts or Big Bellies: Dzmak'atsoba and Images of Masculinity in the Republic of Georgia. Martin Demant Frederiksen Chapter 7. Being 'Made' Through Conflict: Masculine Hardening in Northern Ireland. Rosellen Roche PART III: DEALING WITH BEING 'TROUBLE' Chapter 8. Young Men, Trouble, and the Law: A French Case. Susan J. Terrio Chapter 9. Incarcerable Subjects: Working-Class Black and Latino Male Youth in Two California Cities. Victor M. Rios and Cesar Rodriguez Chapter 10. Managing Urban Disorder? 'The Street' and its Malcontents in the London Borough of Camden. Gary Armstrong and James Rosbrook-Thompson Chapter 11. Big Man System, Short Life Culture. Gillian Evans Notes on Contributors