Coming of Age in Times of UncertaintyBerghahn Books, 01.12.2007 - 160 Seiten Adulthood is taken for granted. It connotes the end of childhood, the resolution to the “storm and stress” period of adolescence. This conception is strongly entrenched in the sociology of youth and the sociology of the life course as well as in the policy arena. At the same time, adulthood itself remains unarticulated; journey’s end remains conceptually fixed and theoretically uncontested. Adulthood, then, is both central to the social imagination and neglected as an area of sociological investigation, something that has been noted by sociologists over the last four decades. Going beyond the overwhelmingly psychological literature, this book draws on original qualitative research and theories of social recognition and thus presents a first step towards filling an important gap in our understanding of the meaning of adulthood. |
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... Adulthood and Social Recognition 51 4 From Adulthood as a Goal to Youth as a Value 66 5 New Adult Voices i 83 The Meaning of Adulthood 6 New Adult Voices ii 98 Without a Center that Holds 7 Conclusion 112 Redefining Adulthood Epilogue ...
... meaning does not arise. Yet, for an increasing number of others things are less clear-cut. As soon as they reflect and ask themselves whether or not they are actually grown up, they begin to doubt and question their adulthood. These may ...
... adulthood is becoming less ordinary, that it is losing its taken-for-granted status, and that as a result the meaning of adulthood is becoming increasingly ambiguous and contingent. This contingency and ambiguity invite us to explore ...
... meaning of adulthood in affluent, highly differentiated, contemporary societies. To elaborate what is social about adulthood is not to imply, however, that adulthood is somehow foisted upon us, that we are passive recipients of an ...
... adulthood is the focus of sociological analysis at all, it is its alleged postponement that overwhelmingly attracts attention. The meaning of adulthood remains by and large unarticulated. As a consequence, the possibility that what is ...
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Adulthood Individualization and the Life Course | 28 |
Adulthood and Social Recognition | 51 |
From Adulthood as a Goal to Youth as a Value | 66 |
New Adult Voices i | 83 |
6 | 98 |
7 | 112 |
Bibliography | 125 |