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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sociol.
Sec. Gender, Sex and Sexualities
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1456601
This article is part of the Research Topic Masculinities, Empathy, Care, and Non-Violence View all 5 articles

When fiction meets reality: ethnoficcion as a way of constructing Youth narratives about Delinquent paths

Provisionally accepted
Haydée Caruso Haydée Caruso *
  • Department of Sociology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil

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    This article explores an ethnographic experience built with Portuguese young people in juvenile detention centers, using ethnofiction as a methodological strategy for approaching the public under investigation. The study examines the narratives that these young people constructed through a fictional character called João, whose experiences reflect the participants' life stories and the paths that led them to commit crimes. The ethnofictional experimentation was developed during fieldwork in six Juvenile Detention Centers in Portugal in 2022 as part of the research project X-MEN - masculinities, empathy, and non-violence, coordinated by the Center for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra. This article explores dimensions of young people's identities and belonging, offering an in-depth view of their experiences and perspectives.

    Keywords: ethnoficcion1, youth trajectories2, juvenile centers3, Masculinities, Portugal

    Received: 28 Jun 2024; Accepted: 17 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Caruso. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Haydée Caruso, Department of Sociology, University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil

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