Critically Researching Youth

by Shirley R. Steinberg (Editor), Awad Ibrahim (Editor)

Critically Researching Youth addresses the unique possibilities and contexts involved in deepening a discourse around youth. Authors address both social theoretical and methodological approaches as they delve into a contemporary discipline, which supports research with – not on – young adults. This volume is a refreshing change in the literature on qualitative youth, embodying the understanding of what it means to be a young woman or man. It dismisses any consideration to pathologize youth, instead addressing what society can understand and how we can act in order to support and promote them.

297 pages, Paperback

Published November 10, 2015

About the author

Associate professor at McGill University in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. A former theatre director, Shirley is a contributor to The Globe and Mail and the Montreal Gazette as a cultural critic. She holds a PhD in cultural studies from Pennsylvania State University.