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

• Autore: Hemmings Annette B
• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 373.18/0973
• Soggetto topico: High school seniors - United States - Social conditions; High schools - United States - Sociological aspects; Educational anthropology - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Coming of age in U.S. high schools
• ISBN: 1-135-62120-9; 1-282-32114-5; 9786612321146; 1-4106-0996-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450271703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Sociocultural, political, and historical studies in education.