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Beteilige Person: Snee, Helene (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Burlington Ashgate Pub. 2014
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Cultural cosmopolitanism and gap year debates -- Theorising good taste and worthwhile experiences in gap year travel -- Researching gap year narratives -- Chapter 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
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
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