My Son Is an Alien: A Cultural Portrait of Today's Youth

by Marcel Danesi

Book Overview

Today's youths live in a world that sees their rebellious behavior and esoteric lifestyles as a "natural" part of growing up. But this is hardly natural. In effect, adolescence was forged as a social experiment 150 years ago, when school attendance became mandatory beyond puberty. As a result, adolescence came to be marked not only as a separate and troubled period in the lifecycle, but also as an all-encompassing social problem, requiring the intervention...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742528553
• ISBN13: 9780742528550
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 9.1"