Abstract

PAZ-CALDERON, Yannet; SUAREZ-ZOZAYA, María Herlinda  and  ESPINOSA-ESPINDOLA, Mónica Teresa. Historical Construction of the Young Subject in Mexico. LiminaR [online]. 2018, vol.16, n.1, pp.13-24. ISSN 2007-8900.  https://doi.org/10.29043/liminar.v16i1.561.

The main objective of this article is to provide evidence, based on a historical review, that the establishment of capitalism in Mexico forced acknowledgment of a specific sector of the population, i.e., youth, who were required to prepare and learn labor practices appropriate for the country as it developed and modernized. We show that this construction of the youthful subject was linked to a set of laws and rules that were established in legal and educational terms, thus giving children time to prepare to join the adult world. Our main conclusion is that the emergence of youth as a subject in Mexico was a requisite for the emergence and development of the country’s current capitalist system.

Keywords : young; labor; market; capitalism.