A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence

A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence
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1999-08
ISBN: 9780345435941
定价: 127.00
装帧: 平装
开本: 其他
纸张: 其他
页数: 416页
正文语种: 英语
  • Forthreefascinating,disturbingyears,writerPatriciaHerschjourneyedinsideaworldthatisasfamiliarasourownchildrenandyetasalienassomeexoticculture--theworldofadolescence.Asasilent,attentivepartner,shefollowedeightteenagersinthetypicallyAmericantownofReston,Virginia,listeningtotheirstories,observingtheirrituals,watchingthemfulfilltheirdreamsandenacttheirtragedies.WhatshefoundwasthatAmerica'steenshavefashionedafullydefinedculturethatadultsneitherseenorimagine--acultureofunprecedentedfreedomandbafflingcomplexity,aculturewithrulesbutnostructure,valuesbutnoclearmorality,codesbutnoconsistency.

    Isitsocietyitselfthathascreatedthisseparateteencommunity?Resignedtotheattitudethatadolescentssimplylivein"atribeapart,"adultshavepulledaway,relinquishingresponsibilityandsupervision,allowingtheunhealthybehaviorsofteenstoflourish.Ultimately,thisriftbetweenadultsandteenagersrobsbothgenerationsofmeaningfulconnections.Foreveryone'sworldismadericherandmorechallengingbyhavingadolescentsinit.
  • 内容简介:
    Forthreefascinating,disturbingyears,writerPatriciaHerschjourneyedinsideaworldthatisasfamiliarasourownchildrenandyetasalienassomeexoticculture--theworldofadolescence.Asasilent,attentivepartner,shefollowedeightteenagersinthetypicallyAmericantownofReston,Virginia,listeningtotheirstories,observingtheirrituals,watchingthemfulfilltheirdreamsandenacttheirtragedies.WhatshefoundwasthatAmerica'steenshavefashionedafullydefinedculturethatadultsneitherseenorimagine--acultureofunprecedentedfreedomandbafflingcomplexity,aculturewithrulesbutnostructure,valuesbutnoclearmorality,codesbutnoconsistency.

    Isitsocietyitselfthathascreatedthisseparateteencommunity?Resignedtotheattitudethatadolescentssimplylivein"atribeapart,"adultshavepulledaway,relinquishingresponsibilityandsupervision,allowingtheunhealthybehaviorsofteenstoflourish.Ultimately,thisriftbetweenadultsandteenagersrobsbothgenerationsofmeaningfulconnections.Foreveryone'sworldismadericherandmorechallengingbyhavingadolescentsinit.
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