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Teen Life in Latin America and the Caribbean
Cynthia Margarita Tompkins, ed., Kristen Sternberg
ISBN: 0-313-31932-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-31932-7
344 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2004
List Price: $60.95 (UK Sterling Price: £42.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: Teens in Latin America and the Caribbean generally face a difficult path to adulthood. Poverty and unemployment, violence, political instability, and emigration are frequently the norm in their native countries. Those from poorer families must often work as well as attend school, and opportunities for higher education and good jobs are limited. Wealthier teens, on the other hand, are sheltered from harshness and enjoy private schools, vacations abroad, and access to American consumer products. Yet family is important no matter what the class, and most of these teens share a love of parties, music, and current fashions.

Latin America and the Caribbean are important regions to the United States, since large numbers of Americans can trace their roots there. Teen Life in Latin America and the Caribbean allows U.S. teens to understand the unique challenges and opportunities of teens in 15 Latin American or Caribbean countries. Photos complement the text.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Richard M. Lerner
    Series Foreword by Jeffrey S. Kaplan
    Introduction
    Teens at the Border: For a Politics of Representation by Rossana Reguillo Cruz, translated by Cynthia Tompkins
    Argentina by Aída Pierini and Gustavo Geirola
    Brazil by Lizbeth Souza-Fuertes
    Chile by Regina Akel
    Colombia by Juana Suárez
    Cuba by Gastón A. Alzate
    IThe Dominican Republic by Manuel García Castellón
    Ecuador by Jason Pribilsky
    El Salvador by Cecilia Menjívar
    Guatemala by Rose McEwen
    Haiti by Maude Heurtelou
    Jamaica by Barbara Bailey and Michelle Davis
    Mexico by Roberto Campa-Mada, translated by Javier Ochoa and Kanishka Sen
    Peru by Lydia Rodríguez
    Puerto Rico by Amarilis Hidalgo de Jesús
    Venezuela by Roberto Fuertes-Manjón
    About the Editors and Contributors
    Index
About the Author: CYNTHIA MARGARITA TOMPKINS is Associate Professor of Spanish at Arizona State University, Tempe.

KRISTEN STERNBERG authors and edits texts on teen issues and global literacy.
LCC Class: 305
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