Helene Snee

A Cosmopolitan Journey?

Difference, Distinction and Identity Work in Gap Year Travel

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What do young people get out of gap years? A wide range of 'official' sources acknowledge gap years as a way of becoming a global citizen and more employable at the same time. Instead of automatically assuming that gap years are a 'good thing', this book critically considers how this contemporary rite of passage could contribute to the reproduction of structural disadvantage at both a national and international level in relation to young people's routes into education and employment, and representations of difference and distinction in cultural practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781409453031
• ISBN-10: 1409453030
• Artikelnr.: 41244233

Autorenporträt

Helene Snee, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction
Cultural cosmopolitanism and gap year debates
Theorising good taste and worthwhile experiences in gap year travel
Researching gap year narratives
Encountering difference: gap year narratives of people and places
A traveller not a tourist: the value of cosmopolitan experiences
Gap year identity work: doing something 'worthwhile'
Conclusion
Appendix
References
Index.