The material child : coming of age in Japan and America

Author(s)

• White, Merry I.

Bibliographic Information

The material child : coming of age in Japan and America

Merry White

University of California Press, 1994, c1993

• : pbk

Note

Originally published: New York : Free Press, 1993

Bibliography: p. 237-242

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

As she describes the youth culture of Japan, Merry White draws comparisons with the interests and activities pursued by teenagers in the United States and the contrasting attitudes of adults in Japan and the U.S. towards adolescence. The result is both engrossing and enlightening.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Paperback Edition Glossary Introduction 1. Rethinking the Life Course Mixed Messages and Complementary Contradictions in the Creation of Adolescence 2. Youth in Time Culture, History, and the Idea of the Teen 3. Family Time and Space 4. School in the Life of the Teen 5. The Material Child Buying and Bonding 6. Friendship Best Friends and Group Training 7. Sexuality Illusions and Reality 8. Big Thoughts Appendix: School Regulations in Japan Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index Photographs of teenagers in Kyoto and Osaka by Yara Sellin, 1994

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA24263857
• ISBN:
  • 0520089405
• LCCN: 94010639
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engjpn
• Place of Publication: Berkeley ; London
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 256 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ796
  • DC20 : 305.2350973
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Teenagers -- United States -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Teenagers -- Japan -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Adolescence -- United States
  • LCSH : Adolescence -- Japan