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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970908303321

Autore

Hemmings Annette B

Titolo

Coming of age in U.S. high schools : economic, kinship, religious, and political crosscurrents / / Annette B. Hemmings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2004

ISBN

1-135-62120-9

1-282-32114-5

9786612321146

1-4106-0996-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Collana

Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education

Disciplina

373.18/0973

Soggetti

High school seniors - United States - Social conditions

High schools - United States - Sociological aspects

Educational anthropology - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1 New Age for Coming of Age; 2 Surface Depths; 3 Economic Domain: Il/licit Pursuit of Mobility; 4 Kinship Domain: Family (Dis)connections; 5 Religious Domain: Freedom of/From Religion; 6 Political Domain: Democracy and Domination; 7 Reaching Shore; Endnotes; References; Appendix; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Coming of Age in U.S. High Schools: Economic, Kinship, Religious, and Political Crosscurrents takes readers into the lives of urban and suburban adolescents for a close-up look at how they navigate the conflicting discourses and disciplinary practices of American cultural crosscurrents that flow through economic, kinship, religious, and political domains of American life. The book is distinctive in how it combines classic anthropological theory and contemporary post-anthropological perspectives into an innovative framework for understanding adolescent coming of age processes in U.S. pub