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Unfolding lives : Youth, gender and change /

The process of becoming an adult in contemporary times is fragmented and unequal, shaped by chance, choice and timing. "Unfolding Lives" presents a unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Thomson, Rachel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The breadth and depth of youth transitions
  • 2. A method-in-practice: constructing longitudinal case histories
  • 3. Gender and social change
  • 4. Going up! Discipline and opportunism
  • 5. Going down? Caught between stasis and mobility
  • 6. Coming out: from the closet to stepping stones
  • 7. Acting out rebellion with a cause
  • 8. Interruption: from explanation to understanding
  • 9. Conversation: reading between the lines
  • 10. Youth, gender and change
  • Appendix. The case history data sets.