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The culture of adolescent risk-taking / Cynthia Lightfoot ; foreword by Jaan Valsiner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lightfoot, Cynthia.
- Series:
- Culture and human development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adolescence.
- Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Guilford Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- An in-depth exploration of the relationship between adolescent risk-taking and peer group culture, based on extensive interviews with teens themselves, this elegantly written book shows that taking risks is a natural and necessary part of growing up. The author proposes that risks are declarations of the self, worn like badges of autonomy, or defiance, or group membership. With a broad interpretive approach locating human action within the symbolic forms, communicative practices, and shared idioms of culture, Cynthia Lightfoot elucidates the cultural and psychological processes through which risk acquires meaning for teenagers and vividly depicts the drama and daring of adolescent social life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1572301899
- 1572302321
- OCLC:
- 35784685
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