Youth identity constitution: excess as a product/answer to the non-place, ephemerality and fluidity

Authors

  • Valéria Silva Universidade Federal do Piauí

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/%25x

Abstract

In today’s complex society it is essential that analysis of the youth is permeated by an understanding of it as a plural phenomenon constituted and expressed in many ways, interacting with cultural, economical and institutional matters as well as the ones of generation, gender and society. From this point of view, this article deals with the constitution of youth identity in contexts, times and spaces in which institutional references that guide social relationships are fragile and struggling to lead the young ones towards an emancipated and emancipating subjectivity. Facing those circumstances the culture of excess emerges as a conformation strategy and possible manifestation of a specific group of young people. Keywords: Youth; identity; culture of excess.

Author Biography

Valéria Silva, Universidade Federal do Piauí

Doutora em Sociologia Política pela Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (2006) e professora adjunto da Universidade Federal do Piauí. Desenvolve estudos e pesquisas na área de Sociologia, principalmente quanto aos temas: juventudes contemporâneas; culturas, sociabilidades e identidades juvenis; coletivos juvenis, modernidade e modernidade brasileira. Mestre em Ciência Política pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (1998), possui trabalhos na área de Estado e políticas públicas, política de saúde e Sistema Único de Saúde. Chefe do Departamento de Serviço Social, membro do Núcleo de Pesquisa e Estudo sobre a Criança e o Adolescente(NUPEC-UFPI), do Núcleo de Estudos Contemporâneos (NEC-UFPI) e do Núcleo de Estudos da Juventude Contemporânea (NEJUC-UFSC).

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Published

2006-07-01

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 8 (2006)

Section

Thematic Dossier

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