Youngsters and Their Routes in Town
Jose Guilherme Cantor Magnani
Tempo Social: Revista de Sociologia da USP, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 173-205, Nov 2005
This article presents the results of a research on youth & their cultural & leisure practices, sociability networks & exchange relations (as well as those of conflict) in the context of urban Sao Paulo. After introducing & discussing the terms "urban tribes & juvenile culture," I propose another term, "juvenile circuits" to deal with the theme. Instead of emphasizing the fact that they are youths, which would supposedly link a diversity of manifestations to a common denominator, the idea is to highlight their insertion in the urban scenario through an ethnography of the spaces where they circulate & meet, the occasions where there is conflict, & the partners with whom they establish exchange relationships. By adopting this approach, I intend to articulate two elements that are present in this dynamic: the behaviors & the spaces, institutions & urban equipment. The idea is to call the attention to (1) sociability & not to consumption & styles of expression linked to the generational issue, (2) to the permanence & regularity rather than fragmentation & nomadism. 17 References. Adapted from the source document.
