By combining an ethnographic study of youth with an analysis of the local state in the making, this research monograph introduces the perspective of (S1(Bmeandering lives(S0(B to grasp being young and growing up in the Guéckédou borderland, a remote space approximately 700 kilometers southeast of Conakry, Guinea's capital. This history-sensitive perspective represents a fruitful lens to not only depict youth but to also draw a nuanced picture of the functioning of the state in Guinea.
| ISBN: | 9783837645705 |
| Publication date: | 8th December 2021 |
| Author: | Michelle Engeler |
| Publisher: | Transcript an imprint of transcript Verlag |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 202 pages |
| Series: | Kultur Und Soziale Praxis |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural anthropology Age groups: adolescents Sociology Politics and government Constitution: government and the state |