Coming of Age in Times of Uncertainty

von Harry Blatterer

160 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Reihe: No Series Linked
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Altersgruppen und Generationen Kinder
• ISBN: 9781845452858
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2007
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Berghahn Books