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The image of restless, apathetic, mopish, awkward teenagers who listen to loud, screeching music when they are not on the phone, and who insist on dressing, wearing their hair, and behaving exactly like the friends they cannot seem to live without, has become a fixture of the modern social landscape. The emergence of certain behaviours (facial expressions, linguistic styles, dress codes, musical preferences, etc.) on the developmental timetable of children is a sign that they have entered a transitional period. The dramatic changes in physical appearance that occur during adolescence, and the emotional changes that accompany them, are traumatic. Teenagers naturally become inordinately concerned about their appearance and behaviour, and they believe that everyone is constantly observing them. This is why they talk all the time about how others act, behave, and appear. Language, dress, musical tastes, and other symbolic systems become the concrete means for identifying with peers. Teenagerhood is a socially constructed time-frame that channels the physiological and emotional changes that occur at puberty into patterns of symbolic behavior. These patterns are then reinforced by the media. This book represents both a synthesis of Marcel Danesi's research on the semiotics of modern adolescence, and his own interpretation of the significance and implications of our teenage culture. It constitutes a semiotic portrait of the teenager and of the factors that have led to the construction of the teenage persona and culture. Danesi makes a distinction between adolescence as psychobiological period of human growth and development and teenagerhood as a socially induced mindset that accompanies it. He focuses on the central behavioral trait of teenagerhood -- coolness; he defines it and discusses its emergence at or around puberty, and draws up an 'anatomy' of the behaviors associated with it. He discusses the language of teenagers, which he calls 'pubilect, ' and concludes with observations on the etiology, evolution, and future course of teenagerhood. Cool is intended not only for semioticians, as a documentation of a specific form of social semiosis, but also for parents and educators, and for teenagers themselves.
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Teenagers --- Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Youth --- Germany --- History
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Teenagers --- Youth --- Adolescence. --- Teen-age --- Puberty --- Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Social conditions. --- Development
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Seeking adventure during the school holidays, five teenagers from the Indian suburb of Lenasia accidentally witness a violent crime that has a lasting impact on their lives. Starting in June of 1993, the novel follows the Five through the next decade as they confront, both as individuals and as a group, questions of who they are, who they are allowed to be, and who they are expected to be in the New South Africa. They must query what role they will allow tradition, ancestry, sexuality, skin colour, love, money and culture to play in their lives as they attempt to forge new paths, sometimes stumbling along the way, but always willing to give one another a helping hand.
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This book provides the needed basic information for good health. The contents are invaluable. The author's simple style of writing enables every person to understand and easily apply it's recommendations. The most important investment you can make is the investment in your health. It's never too late to start. The book aims at supplying the most important points on health and how deficiencies in our food, which are caused by many factors of modern lifestyle, can be supplemented for maximum nutritional effectiveness.
Teenagers --- Health and hygiene --- Nutrition --- Requirements. --- Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Youth
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Teenagers --- -Values in adolescence --- Adolescent psychology --- Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Youth --- Mental health --- Values in adolescence
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Drug abuse --- Teenagers --- Treatment --- Drug use --- Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Recreational drug use --- Youth --- Substance abuse
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Teenagers --- Attitudes --- Interviews --- #GSDBP --- Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Youth --- Teenagers - France - Attitudes --- Teenagers - France - Interviews
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Teens are often seen as challenging social mores. They are frequently perceived to engage in activities considered by adults to be immoral, including sexual behavior, delinquent activities, and low-level forms of violence. Yet the vast majority report surprisingly high levels of religiosity. Ninety-five percent of American teens aged 13-17 believe in God or a universal spirit, and 76% believe that God observes their actions and rewards or punishes them. Nearly half engage in religious practices, such as praying alone or attending church or synagogue services. Adolescents' religious beliefs are clearly important to them. Yet, the law does not know how to approach adolescents' religious rights and needs. In Not by Faith Alone, Roger J. R. Levesque argues that teens' search for meaning does not always serve adolescents or society well. Religious doctrines and institutions are not all "good," with violence linked to religious beliefs, for example-particularly racial/ethnic and sexual orientation harassment-becoming an increasing concern. Not by Faith Alone is the first attempt to integrate research on the place of religion in adolescent development and to discuss the relevance of that research for policies and laws which regulate religion in their lives. Levesque asks how religion, broadly defined, influences the development of teens' inner moral compasses, and how we can ensure that religion and the apparent need for "religious" activity lead to positive outcomes for individual adolescents and for society.
Teenagers --- Children's rights --- Freedom of religion --- Adolescents --- Teen-agers --- Teens --- Young adults (Teenagers) --- Youth --- Religious life --- Civil rights
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