Schooled bodies? : negotiating adolescent validation through press, peers and parents / Majella McSharry.
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TextPublication details: Stoke-on-Trent : Trentham, 2009.Description: viii, 144 p. ; 25 cm. ; pbkISBN: - 9781858564296
- 1858564298
- 9781858564296:
- Teenagers
- Body, Human -- Social aspects
- Body image in adolescence
- Body image -- Adolescents
- Educational sociology
- Psychology -- Developmental -- Adolescent
- Family & relationships -- Life Stages -- Adolescence
- Masculinity in adolescence
- Femininity in adolescence
- Teenagers -- Psychology
- Health and Wellbeing
- Age groups: adolescents
- 306.4613
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-142) and index.
These in-depth conversations with teenagers about the complexities of their body identity and validation make an important new connection between the sociology of the body and the sociology of adolescence. As they actively investigate and negotiate new understandings about themselves their narratives swing from happiness to heartache.
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