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Gifted Tongues: High School Debate and Adolescent Culture
Gary Alan Fine
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Description for Gifted Tongues: High School Debate and Adolescent Culture
Paperback. Seeking to understand adolescents as social actors, this work considers the benefits and drawbacks of the debating experience. It analyzes the training of debaters in rapid-fire speech, rules of logical argumentation, the strategic use of evidence, and how this training instills the core values of such American institutions as law and politics. Series: Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFSP2; JNW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
Learning to argue and persuade in a highly competitive environment is only one aspect of life on a high-school debate team. Teenage debaters also participate in a distinct cultural world--complete with its own jargon and status system--in which they must negotiate complicated relationships with teammates, competitors, coaches, and parents as well as classmates outside the debating circuit. In Gifted Tongues, Gary Alan Fine offers a rich description of this world as a testing ground for both intellectual and emotional development, while seeking to understand adolescents as social actors. Considering the benefits and drawbacks of the debating experience, he also recommends ... Read more
Learning to argue and persuade in a highly competitive environment is only one aspect of life on a high-school debate team. Teenage debaters also participate in a distinct cultural world--complete with its own jargon and status system--in which they must negotiate complicated relationships with teammates, competitors, coaches, and parents as well as classmates outside the debating circuit. In Gifted Tongues, Gary Alan Fine offers a rich description of this world as a testing ground for both intellectual and emotional development, while seeking to understand adolescents as social actors. Considering the benefits and drawbacks of the debating experience, he also recommends ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in Cultural Sociology
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691074504
SKU
V9780691074504
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About Gary Alan Fine
Gary Alan Fine is Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University. He is the author of Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming, Kitchens: The Culture of Restaurant Work, and With the Boys: Little League Baseball and Preadolescent Culture.
Reviews for Gifted Tongues: High School Debate and Adolescent Culture
"A well documented portrait of high school debate, exploring its culture and offering theoretical insight about argumentation and adolescence... The clarity, readability, and insight of Fine's writing make the book important and accessible for those who work with adolescents, whether in activities such as debate in a classroom, or in a community setting."
Erik W. Larson, Contemporary Sociology "Fine very accurately ... Read more
Erik W. Larson, Contemporary Sociology "Fine very accurately ... Read more