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Book Synopsis
Describes the youth culture of Japan, drawing 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.

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

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 29 September 1994
      ISBN-13 9780520089402
      978-0520089402
      ISBN-10 0520089405
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      Age groups: adolescents Society and culture: general

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Describes the youth culture of Japan, drawing 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.

      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

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