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Adolescent Portraits : Identity, Relationships, and Challenges
ISBN: 9780205502042 | 0205502040
Edition: 6thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2008
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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.
| Cases Categorized by Theme | p. viii |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xiii |
| Overview | p. 1 |
| Identity | p. 7 |
| Values and Ideology | |
| Someday My Elders Will Be Proud | p. 15 |
| Things Began to Click | p. 28 |
| The Struggle of a Lifetime | p. 43 |
| The Self in Social Contexts | |
| The Hatred Within | p. 55 | ... MORE
| Una Muchacha Decente | p. 69 |
| What If I Don't Want to Whistle? | p. 84 |
| In Search of My Voice | p. 98 |
| Sexuality | |
| The Girl in Me | p. 115 |
| Falling for Someone | p. 129 |
| Relationships | p. 141 |
| Families | |
| The Family I Have | p. 146 |
| Falling from My Pedestal | p. 161 |
| They Said I Was Beautiful | p. 177 |
| Peers | |
| Beyond the Euphoric Buzz | p. 189 |
| Holding My Breath | p. 203 |
| Color-Blind | p. 217 |
| Challenges | p. 229 |
| Bad | p. 237 |
| The Simple Beauty of a Conversation | p. 248 |
| Forever an Awkward Adolescent | p. 262 |
| Follow-up David: Thirteen Years Later | p. 272 |
| Proud of the Strength I Had | p. 278 |
| Seeking the Best of Both Worlds | p. 287 |
| Follow-up Phuoc: Nine Years Later | p. 303 |
| Contributors | p. 311 |
| Bibliography | p. 313 |
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