Puberty in crisis : the sociology of early sexual development /

"Puberty has long been recognised as a difficult and upsetting process for individuals and families, but it is now also being widely described as in crisis. Reportedly occurring earlier and earlier as each decade of the twenty-first century passes, sexual development now heralds new forms of te...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Celia, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Puberty > Social aspects.
Precocious puberty > Social aspects.
Hormones, Sex.
Precocious puberty.
Puberty, Precocious
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
Puberté > Aspect social.
Puberté précoce > Aspect social.
Hormones sexuelles.
Puberté précoce.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Puberty.
Pubertät
Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Puberty in crisis? Sex, reproduction and the loss of future
  • 2. Articulating findings, feelings and figurations: methods and approaches
  • 3. Telling histories: the scientific study of puberty
  • 4. Defining early onset puberty: troubling findings about sexual development
  • 5. Causes and explanations: genes, fat, toxins and families
  • 6. Consequences of early development: sex, drugs and shortness
  • 7. Treatments: pharmaceuticals, sex and suffering
  • Conclusion: folding puberty differently: changing findings, feeling and figurations.

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