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Generation on hold : coming of age in the late twentieth century

Title: Generation on hold : coming of age in the late twentieth century / James E. Côté & Anton L. Allahar.
Author: Côté, James E.
Publication: New York : New York University Press, [1996], ©1996.

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Allahar, Anton

Description

xviii, 220 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Contents

Pt. 1. The Prolongation of Youth. 1. The Discovery of Youth. Nature: Adolescence as a Product of Biology. Nurture: Adolescence as a Product of Culture. A Speculative Interdisciplinary Approach. 2. The Liabilities of Youth in Advanced Industrial Society. Credentialism and Education Inflation. "Cooling Out the Mark" The New Service Worker. Statistical Indicators of Change. The Disenfranchisement of Youth. 3. The Conquest of Youth. The Psychological Basis of Identity. Adolescence as a Moratorium. Identity Manipulation. Gender Intensification. Coming of Age in the Wake of Gender Intensification -- Pt. 2. The Political Economy of Youth. 4. Ideology and the Politics of Social Control. The Manufacture of Consent. The Ideology of Youth. Language and Ideology. The Macropolitical Context. Ideology and Illusion. The Politics of Social Control. The Ideology of Youth and Mass Education. The Manufacture of Dissent. 5. Complementary and the Social Control of Dissent.
The Principle of Complementarity. Complementarity and Nationalism: An Example. The Complementarity of Nationalism and Race in the United States. Youth, Complementarity, and the Mass Media. 6. Toward a New Reality for Youth. Sweden as a Model. Recommendations to Young People.

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95018151

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Columbia University Libraries