Globalised dreams, local constraints: migration and youth aspirations in an Indian regional town

被引：23

作者：

Brown, Trent ^{[1
]}

Scrase, Timothy J. ^{[2
]}

Ganguly-Scrase, Ruchira ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Melbourne, Australia India Inst, Parkville, Vic, Australia

[2] Australian Catholic Univ, Sch Arts Victoria, Fac Educ & Arts, Fitzroy, Vic, Australia

[3] RMIT, Ctr Global Res, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

来源：

CHILDRENS GEOGRAPHIES | 2017年 / 15卷 / 05期

关键词：

Aspiration; youth; regional towns; neoliberal globalisation; migration; Darjeeling (India); RETHINKING; EDUCATION; MIGRANTS; MOBILITY; WEST;

D O I：

10.1080/14733285.2016.1274948

中图分类号：

P9 [自然地理学]; K9 [地理];

学科分类号：

0705 ; 070501 ;

摘要：

Youth in India's regional towns face a paradox: they are exposed to discourses of neoliberal globalisation through education and media, yet are unable to seize the benefits of globalisation, due to regional isolation. In this paper, we explore how aspirations of youth in India's regional towns are influenced by their geographic marginalisation. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Darjeeling, a regional town in West Bengal, we demonstrate that regional youth feel disadvantaged in their access to middle-class jobs, modern education and lifestyles associated with neoliberal globalisation. Consequently, they express strong desires for exposure,' which can only be met through migration, particularly to India's metropolitan cities. They are frustrated in their aspiration to migrate, however, as they feel constrained by the traditional family structure, discrimination in the larger cities and the uneven temporalities between regional towns and global India.' Their experiences highlight the geographically uneven effects of neoliberal globalisation.

引用

页码：531 / 544

页数：14

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