Understanding youth transition as 'Becoming': Identity, time and futurity

Geoforum

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1050-1060

  Worth, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Becoming; Identity; Time; Transition; Youth geographies of

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; MAPPING; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 70450270642     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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