Description
The concept of "Waithood" was developed by political scientist Diane Singerman to describe the expanding period of time between adolescence and full adulthood as young people wait to secure steady employment and marry. The contributors to this volume employ the waithood concept as a frame for richly detailed ethnographic studies of "youth in waiting" from a variety of world areas, including the Middle East Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S, revealing that whether voluntary or involuntary, the phenomenon of youth waithood necessitates a recognition of new gender and family roles.
Author: Marcia C. Inhorn
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 01/13/2023
Pages: 424
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781800736290
ISBN10: 1800736290
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Sociology | Marriage & Family
- Social Science | Gender Studies
About the Author
Nancy J. Smith-Hefner is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Boston University. She is a specialist of Southeast Asia, gender, and Islam. Her most recent book Islamizing Intimacies: Youth, Sexuality, and Gender in Contemporary Indonesia (Hawaii, 2019) is a study of the changing personal lives and sexual attitudes of educated, Muslim Javanese youth.