From cruel optimism to foreclosed futures: The emotional and temporal dimensions of enduring precarity among young adults in Barcelona
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DOI: 10.1177/02637758251364077
Abstract: This paper contributes to geographical research on precarity by exploring how emotional responses to enduring insecurity shape young people's temporal horizons, spatial belonging, and sense of possibility. Drawing on qualitative research in Barcelona, I advance… read more here.
Keywords: cruel optimism; futures emotional; precarity; optimism foreclosed ... See more keywords