Coming of Age in Iran: Poverty and the Struggle for Dignity (Critical Perspectives on Youth, 6)

**An inside look at young Iranians navigating poverty and stigma in a time of crisis** In __Coming of Age in Iran__, Manata Hashemi takes readers inside the lives of Iranian youth. Drawing on first-hand accounts, Hashemi shows how the young Iranian men and women known as the “burnt generation”—those between the ages of 15 and 29, who came of age after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution—face their future prospects. With a compassionate eye, Hashemi paints a nuanced portrait of their day-to-day struggles in Iran. Hashemi spent months with these youth, observing them at bazaars, hair salons, parks, and mosques, tutoring them in English and sharing meals in their family homes. Many young Iranian men and women are jobless, living with their parents, and delaying marriage, ultimately failing to meet what they consider the traditional benchmarks of adulthood. Hashemi follows their stories, one by one, as they try to climb up the proverbial ladder of success. __Coming of Age in Iran__ sheds light on the inner lives of a new generation of Iranian youth as they struggle in the face of ongoing economic crisis. An inside look at young Iranians navigating poverty and stigma in a time of crisis Crippling sanctions, inflation, and unemployment have increasingly burdened young people in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In Coming of Age in Iran , Manata Hashemi takes us inside the lives of poor Iranian youth, showing how these young men and women face their future prospects. Drawing on first-hand accounts, Hashemi follows their stories, one by one, as they struggle to climb up the proverbial ladder of success. Based on years of ethnographic research among these youth in their homes, workspaces, and places of leisure, Hashemi shows how public judgments can give rise to meaningful changes for some while making it harder for others to escape poverty. Ultimately, Hashemi sheds light on the pressures these young men and women face, showing how many choose to comply with—rather than resist—social norms in their pursuit of status and belonging. Coming of Age in Iran tells the unprecedented story of how Iran's young and struggling attempt to extend dignity and alleviate misery, illuminating the promises—and limits—of finding one's place during a time of profound uncertainty. Crippling sanctions, inflation, and unemployment have increasingly burdened young people in the Islamic Republic of Iran. In Coming of Age in Iran, Manata Hashemi takes us inside the lives of poor Iranian youth, showing how these young men and women face their future prospects.0Drawing on first-hand accounts, Hashemi follows their stories, one by one, as they struggle to climb up the proverbial ladder of success. Based on years of ethnographic research among these youth in their homes, workspaces, and places of leisure, Hashemi shows how public judgments can give rise to meaningful changes for some while making it harder for others to escape poverty. Ultimately, Hashemi sheds light on the pressures these young men and women face, showing how many choose to comply with-rather than resist-social norms in their pursuit of status and belonging.0'Coming of Age in Iran' tells the unprecedented story of how Iran's young and struggling attempt to extend dignity and alleviate misery, illuminating the promises-and limits-of finding one's place during a time of profound uncertainty The subject of intense media scrutiny, young men and women in the Islamic Republic of Iran have long been characterized as walking rebels - a frustrated, alienated generation devoid of hope and prone to oppositional practices. 'Coming of Age in Iran' challenges these homogenizing depictions through vivid ethnographic portraits of a group of resilient lower-class youth in Iran: the face-savers. Through participant observation and interviews, the text reveals how conformism to moral norms becomes these young people's ticket to social mobility ""Coming of age in Iran" explores poverty and the struggle for dignity and the impact that they have on Iran's youth population"--Proporcionado por el editor ""Coming of Age in Iran" explores poverty and the struggle for dignity and the impact that they have on Iran's youth population"-- Provided by publisher