Coming of age in times of uncertainty
Harry Blatterer (Author)
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 t
1 online resource (158 p.)
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction. Exploring Adulthood; Chapter 1. Representations of Adulthood; Chapter 2. Adulthood, Individualization, and the Life Course; Chapter 3. Adulthood and Social Recognition ; Chapter 4. From Adulthood as a Goal to Youth as a Value; Chapter 5. New Adult Voices I; Chapter 6. New Adult Voices II; Chapter 7. Conclusion; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography ; Index
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