The article analyzes how youths who grow up and live in a rural town in Mexico City
satisfy their needs, and how the heterogeneous youth work experiences are related to
other dimensions of life (family, territory, gender, personal desires). From an
ethnographic description of two life stories, we show the imbrication among affective
relationships, leisure moments and economic relations. Aspects such as youths’
creativity to generate income, their own responsibility for their profit and a combination
of different forms of employment are characteristics of the youth trajectories analyzed.
Keywords:
youth, work experiences, rurality
Author Biography
Luisina Gareis, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Becaria doctoral CONICET. Miembro del Laboratorio de Estudios en Cultura y Sociedad (LECyS) en FTS-UNLP, Argentina. Correo electrónico: luisinagareis@gmail.com
Gareis, L. (2020). «Help», income generation and salaries: youth work experiences in a rural mexican context. Última Década, 28(54), 139–167. Retrieved from https://ultimadecada.uchile.cl/index.php/UD/article/view/61496
