Abstract

RIBEIRO, Adalberto Carvalho. FLEXIBLE YOUTH IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON: UNCERTAINTIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY. Revista Teias [online]. 2019, vol.20, n.58, pp.158-173.  Epub Dec 26, 2019. ISSN 1982-0305.  https://doi.org/10.12957/teias.2018.41216.

The objective is to make reflections on the youths and the phenomena present in the XXI century highlighting in the empirical framework perceptions of popular university youths of the northern Brazilian Amazon. The youths category has been difficult to analyze, but the literature accepts that processes of individualization have been underway since the turn of the twentieth century. The starting questions are: What literature has been pointing to how many of the XXI century phenomena that affect youth? What are the perceptions of popular university youths about specific issues that may afflict them? The methodological approach in addition to the consultation of specialists in this field of knowledge also carried out empirical research with undergraduate students from a federal university in the northern region of Brazil, which is why they are being called "popular youths". The results point out, in the literature, a consensus regarding the processes of individualization, concern with the social dimension and in the group studied perceptions for the acceptance of individualism, competitiveness, uncertainties about the future and social vulnerability.

Keywords : Youths; flexibility; uncertainties; Amazon.

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