A Cosmopolitan Journey?: Difference, Distinction And Identity Work In Gap Year Travel

What do young people get out of gap years? A wide range of 'official' sources acknowledge gap years as a way of becoming a global citizen and more employable at the same time. Instead of automatically assuming that gap years are a 'good thing', this book critically considers how this contemporary rite of passage could contribute to the reproduction of structural disadvantage at both a national and international level in relation to young people's routes into education and employment, and representations of difference and distinction in cultural practices.

• • Author: Dr Helene Snee
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: May 20, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 230 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1409453030
• • ISBN-13: 9781409453031