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Everyday courage : the lives and stories of urban teenagers /
What does it mean to be a teenager in an American city at the close of the twentieth century? How do urban surroundings affect the ways in which teens grow up, and what do their stories tell us about human development? In particular, how do the negative images of themselves on television and in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
New York University Press,
©1998.
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| Colección: | Qualitative studies in psychology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What does it mean to be a teenager in an American city at the close of the twentieth century? How do urban surroundings affect the ways in which teens grow up, and what do their stories tell us about human development? In particular, how do the negative images of themselves on television and in the newspaper affect their perspectives about themselves? Psychologists typically have shown little interest in urban youth, preferring instead to generalize about adolescent development from studies of their middle-class, suburban counterparts. In Everyday Courage Niobe Way, a developmental psychologis. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (320 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-302) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780814784891 0814784895 9780814793206 0814793207 0814793398 9780814793398 |