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Adolescent Portraits : Identity, Relationships, and Challenges
ISBN: 9780205418008 | 0205418007
Edition: 5thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005
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Adolescent Portraits is a compelling anthology of first-person accounts written by college students, which illustrate the contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today. These real-life cases represent a fascinating, diverse cross-section of contemporary adolescence and cover a variety of issues, including family and peer relationships, eating disorders, self image, illness, and disabilities.
Praise for Adolescent Portraits ";Adolescent Portraits is the finest set of case studies avai... MORE
Praise for Adolescent Portraits ";Adolescent Portraits is the finest set of case studies avai... MORE
| Cases Categorized by Theme | p. vii |
| Preface | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Overview | p. 1 |
| Identity | p. 7 |
| Values and Ideology | |
| The Struggle of a Lifetime | p. 13 |
| Someday My Elders Will Be Proud | p. 25 |
| Ethnicity/Race | |
| The Hatred Within | p. 38 |
| Color-Blind | p. 52 |
| What If I Do... MORE | p. 64 |
| Sexuality | |
| Falling for Someone | p. 78 |
| A Step in the Only Direction | p. 90 |
| Follow-Up Ben: Eight Years Later | p. 108 |
| Relationships | p. 115 |
| Families | |
| Courting Danger | p. 121 |
| Follow-Up Melanie: Ten Years Later | p. 141 |
| Falling from My Pedestal | p. 150 |
| At Least We Got One Right | p. 166 |
| Follow-Up Brian: Three Years Later | p. 182 |
| Bad | p. 189 |
| Peers | |
| Beyond the Euphoric Buzz | p. 199 |
| In Search of My Voice | p. 213 |
| Loving Women | p. 230 |
| Challenges | p. 243 |
| The Simple Beauty of a Conversation | p. 251 |
| Forever an Awkward Adolescent | p. 265 |
| Follow-Up David: Thirteen Years Later | p. 274 |
| Pa Jam Decourajer | p. 280 |
| Proud of the Strength I Had | p. 292 |
| Seeking the Best of Both Worlds | p. 301 |
| Contributors | p. 317 |
| Bibliography | p. 319 |
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