Contact us on (02) 8445 2300
For all customer service and order enquiries

Woodslane Online Catalogues

Passage from Youth to Adulthood

Narrative and Cultural Thresholds
  • ISBN-13: 9780761863892
  • Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: UPA
  • By Pierluca Birindelli
  • Price: AUD $92.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/11/2014
  • Format: Paperback 186 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Anthropology [JHM]
Description
Table of
Contents
Google
Preview
The Passage from Youth to Adulthood explores a society unanchored from culturally endorsed rites of passage, in which young people and adults appear to build their identities within a culture of dependency. In this book, author Pierluca Birindelli interviews Italian young adults still living with their parents, and focuses on how those individuals view the bedroom and the objects therein. From there, he analyzes self-narrations and longer autobiographies written by university students, measuring his impressions against sociological, psychological, and anthropological literature. Birindelli explores the paradigm of what he calls "intergenerational collusion," in which fathers and sons are playing to the same script, heedless of the common good, the other, and the future. Finally, integrating the experience of young Americans abroad sparks transcultural reflections about the concept of play and the authenticity of social performance.
Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Mapping the land of the young Chapter 2. The haven of the self-room Chapter 3. Adolescent youth: passages and rituals for becoming adult Chapter 4. The culture of dependency Chapter 5. Escape routes Chapter 6. The Big Game Afterword Bibliography Index
Google Preview content