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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813259403321

Autore

Thomson Rachel

Titolo

Unfolding lives : youth, gender and change / / Rachel Thomson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-4473-0604-X

1-4473-0410-1

1-282-50159-3

9786612501593

1-84742-776-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

305.235

Soggetti

Youth - Social conditions

Youth - Conduct of life

Gender identity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 22 Jul 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The breadth and depth of youth transitions -- 2. A method-in-practice: constructing longitudinal case histories -- 3. Gender and social change -- 4. Going up! Discipline and opportunism -- 5. Going down? Caught between stasis and mobility -- 6. Coming out: from the closet to stepping stones -- 7. Acting out rebellion with a cause -- 8. Interruption: from explanation to understanding -- 9. Conversation: reading between the lines -- 10. Youth, gender and change -- Appendix. The case history data sets.

Sommario/riassunto

A unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture.