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OverviewA detailed look at young men in urban Ethiopia that reveals the impact of economic development and globalization Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daniel MainsPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.386kg ISBN: 9781439904794ISBN 10: 1439904790 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 04 November 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Youth, Hope, Stratification, and Time 1 The Historical and Cultural Roots of Unemployment and Stratification in Urban Ethiopia 2 Imagining Hopeful Futures through Khat and Film 3 “We Live Like Chickens; We Are Just Eating and Sleeping”: Progress, Education, and the Temporal Struggles of Young Men 4 Working toward Hope: Youth Unemployment, Occupational Status, and Values 5 Hopeful Exchanges: Reciprocity and Changing Dimensions of Urban Stratification 6 Spatial Fixes to Temporal Problems: Migration, Social Relationships, and Work Conclusion: Sustaining Hope in the Present and the Future notes references indexReviews[O]ne can praise [Hope Is Cut] as a case study in which unemployed young men and women in Jimma, Ethiopia, figure out how to move from the 'youth' to 'adult' stages of life... [P]erhaps because it addresses both the story of individuals and the context of global social and economic change, [the book is] a useful reference tool for an Ethiopian (or other) novelist interested in writing about the subject of unemployed young men and, to a lesser extent, young women. The Herald, September 1st 2012 Hope Is Cut is a thoughtful, penetrating, and moving analysis of the lives of young men in Ethiopia and how their predicament sheds light on existing debates in social theory regarding time, space, temporal narratives of progress, social stratification, youth, and neoliberal capitalism in Africa. Mains's book not only looks at an issue of great importance in the contemporary world; it also connects the study of youth to issues in broader social theory. Hope Is Cut should have a wide array of potential applications and a long shelf life. <br>--Jennifer Cole, Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, and author of Sex and Salvation: Imagining the Future in Madagascar Hope Is Cut is a thoughtful, penetrating, and moving analysis of the lives of young men in Ethiopia and how their predicament sheds light on existing debates in social theory regarding time, space, temporal narratives of progress, social stratification, youth, and neoliberal capitalism in Africa. Mains's book not only looks at an issue of great importance in the contemporary world; it also connects the study of youth to issues in broader social theory. Hope Is Cut should have a wide array of potential applications and a long shelf life. -Jennifer Cole, Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, and author of Sex and Salvation: Imagining the Future in Madagascar [O]ne can praise [Hope Is Cut] as a case study in which unemployed young men and women in Jimma, Ethiopia, figure out how to move from the 'youth' to 'adult' stages of life... [P]erhaps because it addresses both the story of individuals and the context of global social and economic change, [the book is] a useful reference tool for an Ethiopian (or other) novelist interested in writing about the subject of unemployed young men and, to a lesser extent, young women. The Herald, September 1st 2012 [An] engaging study of young men in urban Ethiopia. While the topic cannot be called entirely new, Mains certainly brings a host of innovative perspectives to this wider conversation, and makes an especially valuable contribution to it... Mains's book on a timely topic deserves a wide audience. - Africa Author InformationDaniel Mains is Wick Cary Assistant Professor of Honors at the University of Oklahoma. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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