What does Adolescence Mean, and How to Best Study It?

Authors

  • Susanne Unger Ph.D. Studentin, Linguistische Anthropologie (Forschungsschwerpunkt Gender Mainstreaming und Gender Trainings im deutschsprachigen Raum), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/192

Keywords:

Familie, Jugend, Körper, Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

Vera King’s book investigates how adolescence in Western modernised societies can best be conceived of and investigated. In her analysis of the meaning of adolescence and the processes which constitute it, King consistently takes into consideration the varying conditions and factors which influence adolescence such as, cohort, gender, and social inequality. Part I of the book deals with the history of science and methodological questions in the research on adolescence. In Part II, King analyses the role of family, of the body, and of peer groups during adolescence.

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Published

2003-07-01

Issue

No. 10 (2003): Kindheit und Jugend

Section

Schwerpunkt

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Copyright (c) 2003 Susanne Unger

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