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

作者: Patricia Hersch 著

出版社: Random House Publishing Group

出版时间: 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

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>生活

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

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