Overview

Adolescent Portraits introduces contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today through eighteen first-person accounts written by young adults. The case study approach of the book illustrates the complexity of the individual experience and the interactions among an individual’s needs, ideas, relationships, and context. Each case, taken alone, helps us begin to know one more adolescent and his or her experience; taken together, the cases provide a rich overview of the wide, diverse, and complex range of adolescent experiences. This edition also includes three follow-up essays, written five or more years after their original memoir. The authors of these follow-ups reflect on their original story written in late adolescence from the more mature point of view of full-fledged adulthood. These retrospectives provide a poignant and lifespan developmental perspective on the ways in which the adolescent themes of identity and challenges transform, for better or worse, with the tasks of adulthood. With contributions from adolescents from a range of racial, class, and family backgrounds, the book provides a diverse introduction to the adolescent experience. It is a must-read for any student of adolescent development.

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Author:   Andrew C. Garrod ,  Robert Kilkenny
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Psychology Press Ltd
Edition:   8th edition
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367757014

ISBN 10:   036775701
Pages:   372
Publication Date:   26 April 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Identity Case 1: Why Didn’t You Teach Me? Case 2: The Hatred Within Case 3: Good Hair Case 4: Little Women From Lame Deer Case 5: Looking Into the Sun Case 6: A Latinidad I Cannot, Will Not Hide Follow-Up: Viana: Five Years Later Case 7: The Devils Within Case 8: In My World 1+1=3 Case 9: In Search of a Sangam Part II: Challenges Case 10: Is This My Life? Case 11: I Walk in Beauty Case 12: An Unpredictable Journey Case 13: Forever an Awkward Adolescent Follow-Up: David: Thirteen Years Later Case 14: Quest for Peace Case 15: Seeking the Best of Both Worlds Case 16: Figuring Out My Life Case 17: Holding My Breath Follow-Up: Andy: Five Years Later Case 18: Multihued

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Andrew C. Garrod is Professor Emeritus of Education at Dartmouth College, USA. Robert Kilkenny is Executive Director of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention (AIP), and on the faculty of Simmons University, USA.

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