Social Construction of Adolescence in Contemporaneity

Marcelo S. Isidório is Adjunct Professor at UNA University Center, Itabira (MG), Brazil. Their areas of expertise include physical school education, teacher professionalism and social interactions, specifically the relationship between agency and structure.

• Introduction: The Social Construction of Adolescence in Contemporaneity; Marcelo S. IsidórioChapter 1. Black Youth Agency in Hip Hop Culture; Ione da Silva Jovino, Anete Abramowicz, and Beatriz Fernandes Ferreira PortelaChapter 2. Permanent Formative Training in Adolescence for Health Professionals; Régia Cristina OliveiraChapter 3. Political Participation of Children and Adolescents in Brazil: An Identity Study Based on the Narratives of Adolescents Activists; Thalita Catarina Decome PokerChapter 4. Adolescents and Pursuit of Being Perceived at the School; Leonardo Henrique Brandão MonteiroChapter 5. Linguistic Importance through Bengali Fiction: The Present-Day Adolescents Engagement with Modern Bengali Literature; Ishani DebChapter 6. The Impact of Singapore’s Mandatory Conscription on Adolescent Perception of Masculinities; Alexis LohChapter 7. Island Youth in Waiting: Adolescence, Waithood, and Future-Making in the Faroe Islands; Firouz GainiChapter 8. The Dialectic of Control in the Classroom: Agency and Exercise of Power between Teachers and “Pre-adolescent” Students; Marcelo S. Isidório and Magali ReisChapter 9. Understanding Nuances of Menstrual Experiences of Adolescent Girls in Haryana, India; Saroj Rani