List of Contributors ix Introduction:...

List of Contributors

Introduction: The Social Construction of Adolescence in Contemporaneity

Marcelo S. Isidório

Chapter 1: Black Youth Agency in Hip-Hop Culture

Ione da Silva Jovino, Anete Abramowicz and Beatriz Fernandes Ferreira Portela

Chapter 2: Permanent Formative Training in Adolescence for Health Professionals

Régia Cristina Oliveira

Chapter 3: Political Participation of Children and Adolescents in Brazil: An Identity Study Based on the Narratives of Adolescent Activists

Thalita Catarina Decome Poker

Chapter 4: Adolescents and Pursuit of Being Perceived at the School

Leonardo Henrique Brandão Monteiro

Chapter 5: Linguistic Importance Through Bengali Fiction: The Present-Day Adolescents’ Engagement with Modern Bengali Literature

Ishani Deb

Chapter 6: The Impact of Singapore’s Mandatory Conscription on Adolescent Perception of Masculinities

Alexis Loh

Chapter 7: Island Youth in Waiting: Adolescence, Waithood, and Future-Making in the Faroe Islands

Firouz Gaini

107

Chapter 8: The Dialectic of Control in the Classroom: Agency and Exercise of Power Between Teachers and “Pre-adolescent” Students

Marcelo S. Isidório and Magali Reis

123

Chapter 9: Understanding Nuances of Menstrual Experiences of Adolescent Girls in Haryana, India

Saroj Rani

147

Index

161

List of Contributors	ix
Introduction: The Social Construction of Adolescence in Contemporaneity
Marcelo S. Isidório	1
Chapter 1: Black Youth Agency in Hip-Hop Culture
Ione da Silva Jovino, Anete Abramowicz and Beatriz Fernandes Ferreira Portela	7
Chapter 2: Permanent Formative Training in Adolescence for Health Professionals
Régia Cristina Oliveira	19
Chapter 3: Political Participation of Children and Adolescents in Brazil: An Identity Study Based on the Narratives of Adolescent Activists
Thalita Catarina Decome Poker	31
Chapter 4: Adolescents and Pursuit of Being Perceived at the School
Leonardo Henrique Brandão Monteiro	51
Chapter 5: Linguistic Importance Through Bengali Fiction: The Present-Day Adolescents’ Engagement with Modern Bengali Literature
Ishani Deb	63
Chapter 6: The Impact of Singapore’s Mandatory Conscription on Adolescent Perception of Masculinities
Alexis Loh	87
Chapter 7: Island Youth in Waiting: Adolescence, Waithood, and Future-Making in the Faroe Islands
Firouz Gaini	107
Chapter 8: The Dialectic of Control in the Classroom: Agency and Exercise of Power Between Teachers and “Pre-adolescent” Students
Marcelo S. Isidório and Magali Reis	123
Chapter 9: Understanding Nuances of Menstrual Experiences of Adolescent Girls in Haryana, India
Saroj Rani	147
Index	161

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