Deep secrets : boys' friendships and the crisis of connection /

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"Boys are emotionally illiterate and don't want intimate friendships". In this empirically grounded challenge to our stereotypes about boys and men, the author reveals the intense intimacy among teenage boys especially during early and middle adolescence. Boys not only share their dee...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Way, Niobe, 1963- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Male friendship.
Emotions in adolescence.
Emotions in children.
Amitié masculine.
Émotions chez l'adolescent.
Émotions chez l'enfant.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Adolescence.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Adolescent.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Teenagers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Emotions in adolescence
Emotions in children
Male friendship
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The hidden landscape of boys' friendships
  • Investigating boys, friendships, and human nature
  • I: Friendships during early and middle adolescence. "Sometimes you need to spill your heart out to somebody"
  • Boys with feelings
  • Nick and George: stories of resistance
  • II: Friendships during late adolescence. "When you grow up, your heart dies"
  • As boys become men
  • Fernando and Danny
  • The crisis of connection.

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