The Culture of Adolescent Risk-Taking - Couverture souple

Lightfoot, Cynthia

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1572302321 ISBN 13 : 9781572302327

Editeur : Guilford Publications, 1997

Synopsis

An in-depth exploration of the relationship between adolescent risk-taking and peer group culture, based on extensive interviews with teens themselves, this elegantly written book shows that taking risks is a natural and necessary part of growing up. The author proposes that risks are declarations of the self, worn like badges of autonomy, or defiance, or group membership. With a broad interpretive approach locating human action within the symbolic forms, communicative practices, and shared idioms of culture, Cynthia Lightfoot elucidates the cultural and psychological processes through which risk acquires meaning for teenagers and vividly depicts the drama and daring of adolescent social life.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Cynthia Lightfoot, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State University. Her professional publications and presentations focus principally on sociogenetic and interpretive approaches to human development, with special reference to adolescent peer culture and identity processes.

Foreword by Jaan Valsiner, Ph.D.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Guilford Publications
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1572302321
• ISBN 13: 9781572302327
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 187
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible