Teen Lives Around the World: A Global Encyclopedia [2 Volumes]

Biographical Note:
Karen Wells is professor of human geography at Birkbeck, University of London, where she runs the Masters program in Children, Youth and International Development. Her research focuses on childhood and globalization, and visual cultures of childhood.

Review Quotes:
"This resource pulls together a massive amount of information gleaned from an array of resources. Best suited for researchers and professionals, this set will be of interest to academic and large public libraries." -- Booklist

Brief Description:

This two-volume encyclopedia looks at the lives of teenagers around the world, examining topics from a typical school day to major issues that teens face today, including bullying, violence, sexuality, and social and financial pressures.
Teenagers are living in a rapidly changing and increasingly interconnected yet unequal world. Whether they live in Australia or Zimbabwe, they have in common that they are between childhood and adulthood and increasingly aware of how inequality is affecting their lives and futures. This encyclopedia gives a different perspective based on the experiences of teens in 60 countries.

Each entry gives the reader a brief sketch of a country to helps readers to understand how geography, history, economics, and politics shape teen life. The entries include a country overview and cover the following topics: Schooling and Education; Extracurricular Activities: Art, Music, and Sports; Family and Social Life; Religions and Cultural Rites of Passage; Rights and Legal Status; and Issues Today. Special sidebars, called Teen Voices, appear throughout the text, and include a description of a typical day in the life of a teen in various countries. Students will be able to gain a better understanding of what life is like around the world for their peers and will be able to easily make cross-cultural comparisons between different countries.

• Gives readers a glimpse into a typical day in the life of a teen in countries around the world, from wake up time to classes to after school activities
• Focuses on interesting facts and anecdotal information
• Allows students to make cross-national comparisons of topics such as literacy, education, rights, internet use, and other key issues
• Shows a complex picture of new family forms, new gender roles, and declining religious belief with the strong persistence of conservative values

VOLUME 1
Preface
Introduction
Australia
Bangladesh
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Cuba
Egypt
Ethiopia
France
Germany
Ghana
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Lebanon
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Nigeria
VOLUME 2
Pakistan
Palestine
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Russia (Siberia)
Senegal
Serbia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Syria
Tanzania
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States of America
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zimbabwe
Selected Bibliography
About the Editor and Contributors
Index

This two-volume encyclopedia looks at the lives of teenagers around the world, examining topics from a typical school day to major issues that teens face today, including bullying, violence, sexuality, and social and financial pressures.

Review Citations:

• Library Journal 04/01/2020 pg. 123 (EAN 9781440852442, Hardcover) - *Starred Review

Contributor Bio:Wells, Karen

Karen Wells is professor of human geography at Birkbeck, University of London, where she runs the Masters program in Children, Youth and International Development. Her research focuses on childhood and globalization, and visual cultures of childhood.