Adolescence in Pacific Island societies

Author(s)

• Herdt, Gilbert H.
• Leavitt, Stephen C.
• Association of Social Athropologists. Conference (1990 : Lihue, Hawaii)

Bibliographic Information

Adolescence in Pacific Island societies

edited by Gilbert Herdt and Stephen C. Leavitt

（ASAO monograph, no. 16）

University of Pittsburgh Press, c1998

• pbk. : acid-free paper

Note

This project began as a symposium at the 1990 Association for Social Anthropologists in Oceania meetings in Lihue, Hawaii

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The essays in this study take an anthropological approach to understanding adolescence in the Islands of the Pacific. They explore the biological basis of teenage rebellion, the role of the adolescent in Pacific Island cultures, and teenagers' influence as agents of change.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA4244279X
• ISBN:
  • 082294068X
  • 0822956721
• LCCN: 98009053
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Pittsburgh
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 239 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GN663
  • DC21 : 305.235/0995
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Adolescence -- Oceania -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Teenagers -- Oceania -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Social change -- Oceania -- Cross-cultural studies.
  • LCSH : Oceania -- Social conditions -- Cross-cultural studies
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA18424860