Adolescent Life and Ethos - An Ethnography of a US High School (Hardcover)

Originally published in 1992, this Asian-authored book presents a cultural description and interpretation of American high school adolescent life and ethos, based on anthropological fieldwork in a semi-rural school and its surrounding community in Oregon. It combines a realistic account of late 1980s adolescent culture and a confessional tale of the Asian ethnographer's fieldwork experiences among American youngsters. The three main parts of the book focus on a portrayal of adolescent daily life, an interpretation of these young people's cultural values and ideals, and a reflection on the ethnographer's fieldwork experiences respectively. Part 1, Adolescent Life, includes five chapters presenting a brief version of a key informant life history, a profile of the school, a portrait of the community, a sketch of a typical school day, and adolescent life out of school. Divided into four chapters, Part 2, Adolescent Ethos, identifies three dimensions of adolescent ethos and analyzes dynamics between the dimensions and reflecting ideals. The last chapter of this part, 'The Duality of Ideals' discusses how adolescents negotiated themselves in a complicated web of various ideals pressing on them. Part 3, Doing Ethnography, reports procedural and personal aspects of doing ethnographic research in two separate chapters. The former discusses each step from locating a field to writing an ethnography; the latter describes personal feelings and scholarly thoughts which occurred during and after fieldwork. Adopting the most inconspicuous, unobtrusive form of research methods (she even dressed like them and acted with and among them), the ethnographer tried to listen to the young people's voices, peek into their lives from outside, and look out at the world through their eyes.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: The Adolescent
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	1992
Authors:	Heewon Chang
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-239067-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adolescents Books > Social sciences > Education > Schools > Secondary schools > General Promotions
LSN:	1-03-239067-0
Barcode:	9781032390673

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