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Christine Griffin - Representations of Youth: The Study of Youth and Adolescence in Britain and America - 9780745602806 - V9780745602806
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Representations of Youth: The Study of Youth and Adolescence in Britain and America

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Description for Representations of Youth: The Study of Youth and Adolescence in Britain and America Paperback. Representations of Youth examines the various constructions of 'youth' and 'adolescence' in recent British and North American research. Mainstream and radical approaches have presented a series of 'crises' about young people in relation to, among other things, unemployment, 'teenage pregnancy' and 'delinquency'. Series: Feminist Perspectives. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JFSP1; JFSP2; JHBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.

Representations of Youth examines the various constructions of 'youth' and 'adolescence' in recent British and North American research. Mainstream and radical approaches have presented a series of 'crises' about young people in relation to, among other things, unemployment, 'teenage pregnancy' and 'delinquency'. This book considers research in psychology, sociology, education, criminology and cultural studies in order to assess these accounts.

The author offers a critical review of a wide range of findings about young people in areas as diverse as education and training, leisure, family life and sexuality. She shows that whilst youth research texts do not reflect young people's ... Read more

This is an important new text accessibly written for students of sociology, social psychology and contemporary culture in both Britain and the USA. It will also be of great interest to social science researchers in a range of other disciplines.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Series
Feminist Perspectives
Number of Pages
253
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745602806
SKU
V9780745602806
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Christine Griffin
Christine Griffin's recent publications include Typical Girls (Routledge 1990).

Reviews for Representations of Youth: The Study of Youth and Adolescence in Britain and America
".A wide-ranging review.clearly written and largely succesful in simplifying what are often far from simple arguments." Youth and Policy. "Engaging with a strong challenging text shakes up complacency and encourages the clarification of ideas. This book will facilitate such an exercise and for this reason alone should be considered essential reading for students of sociology, education, psychology and cultural ... Read more

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