My Son Is an Alien: A Cultural Portrait of Today's Youth
By Unknown Author.
Description
Today's youths live in a world that sees their rebellious behavior and esoteric lifestyles as a "natural" part of growing up. But this is hardly natural. In effect, adolescence was forged as a social experiment 150 years ago, when school attendance became mandatory beyond puberty. As a result, adolescence came to be marked not only as a separate and troubled period in the lifecycle, but also as an all-encompassing social problem, requiring the intervention of social institutions.My Son Is an Alien is an entertaining, informative look at cultural influences on teenagers and ad...
ISBN(s)
0742528553, 9780742528550
