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