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Stuck: Rwandan Youth and the Struggle for Adulthood

2012 Marc Sommers ;ISBN: 9780820338903 ;ISBN: 0820338907 ;ISBN: 9780820338927 ;ISBN: 0820338923 ;ISBN: 0820338915 ;ISBN: 9780820338910 ;EISBN: 9780820338927 ;EISBN: 0820338923 ;OCLC: 775075458 ;LCCallNum: HQ799.R95S66 2011

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  • Title:
    Stuck: Rwandan Youth and the Struggle for Adulthood
  • Author: Sommers, Marc
  • Subjects: 20th century ; Adulthood ; AIDS ; Economic conditions ; History ; HIV ; Human rights ; International Relations ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Rwanda ; Rwanda-History-20th century ; Rwanda-Social conditions ; Social conditions ; Sociology ; Youth ; Youth and violence ; Youth and violence-Rwanda ; Youth culture ; Youth unrest ; Youth-Rwanda ; Youth-Rwanda-Economic conditions ; Youth-Rwanda-Social conditions
  • Description: Young people are transforming the global landscape. As the human popu­lation today is younger and more urban than ever before, prospects for achieving adulthood dwindle while urban migration soars. Devastated by genocide, hailed as a spectacular success, and critiqued for its human rights record, the Central African nation of Rwanda provides a compelling setting for grasping new challenges to the world's youth. Spotlighting failed masculinity, urban desperation, and forceful governance, Marc Sommers tells the dramatic story of young Rwandans who are "stuck," striving against near-impossible odds to become adults. In Rwandan culture, female youth must wait, often in vain, for male youth to build a house before they can marry. Only then can male and female youth gain acceptance as adults. However, Rwanda's severe housing crisis means that most male youth are on a treadmill toward failure, unable to build their house yet having no choice but to try. What follows is too often tragic. Rural youth face a future as failed adults, while many who migrate to the capital fail to secure a stable life and turn fatalistic about contracting HIV/AIDS. Featuring insightful interviews with youth, adults, and government officials,Stucktells the story of an ambitious, controlling government trying to gov­ern an exceptionally young and poor population in a densely populated and rapidly urbanizing country. This pioneering book sheds new light on the struggle to come of age and suggests new pathways toward the attainment of security, development, and coexistence in Africa and beyond. Published in association with the United States Institute of Peace
  • Publisher: Athens: University of Georgia Press
  • Creation Date: 2012
  • Format: 288
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780820338903
    ISBN: 0820338907
    ISBN: 9780820338927
    ISBN: 0820338923
    ISBN: 0820338915
    ISBN: 9780820338910
    EISBN: 9780820338927
    EISBN: 0820338923
    OCLC: 775075458
    LCCallNum: HQ799.R95S66 2011
  • Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete
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