Youth identity in Mexican high school. A state of the art

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present a state of the art on the construction of youth identities in high school students in Mexico, in order to know the ways, it have been approached and what results have been reached. For this purpose, a search, selection, analysis and discussion of literature (books, book chapters, articles in specialized journals and undergraduate and postgraduate theses) produced in the country in two fields of study, that of educational research and that of youth and —when necessary— we resorted to those of international origin that have served as epistemological, theoretical and empirical reference for those produced locally. It focuses on the studies that have analyzed young students, their subjectivities, experiences and student identities to identify those elements that allow to understand “how they are”, central aspects for the understanding of their youthful identities. Finally, it is recognized the most relevant advances in understanding young students and their identities; and some themes and problems that, being scarce or not at all addressed, should be recovered and deepened.