Richard Marback is a professor of English at Wayne State University, USA. He is the author of Plato's Dream of Sophistry and Managing Vulnerability: South Africa's Struggle for a Democratic Rhetoric. He is also co-editor of The Hope and the Legacy: The Past, Present, and Future of Students' Right to Their Own Language.
Generations forces readers to reframe notions about clusters of
associations and ideas associated with 'citizenship' in terms of
race, gender, ethnicity/nationality, occupation, and class. And to
this mix, Richard Marback and his colleagues by turns underscore
the importance of age and aging, cohort, generation, and period on
citizenship. This makes for a fascinating, illuminating,
well-written collection of essays.--Andrew Achenbaum "Gerson and
Sabina David Professor of Global Aging and professor of social work
and history at the University of Houston "
Generations is clear, compelling, and expertly edited. Individual
chapters share age and citizenship as a starting point but connect
with other aspects of citizenship research that are timely and
exceptionally important, including transnational and post-colonial
citizenship, globalization, naturalization and denaturalization,
civic engagement, and even health care. The authors of individual
chapters engage with the arguments of other authors in the volume,
tying even disparate topics together into a cohesive and highly
readable book. Generations is accessible enough to use in the
classroom and provocative enough to help inspire further
research.--Cherstin M. Lyon "associate professor of history at
California State University, San Bernardino "
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