An in-depth exploration of the relationship between adolescent risk-taking and peer group culture, based on extensive interviews with teens themselves, this elegantly written book shows that taking risks is a natural and necessary part of growing up. The author proposes that risks are declarations of the self, worn like badges of autonomy, or defiance, or group membership. With a broad interpretive approach locating human action within the symbolic forms, communicative practices, and shared idioms of culture, Cynthia Lightfoot elucidates the cultural and psychological processes through which risk acquires meaning for teenagers and vividly depicts the drama and daring of adolescent social life.
- ISBN10 1572302321
- ISBN13 9781572302327
- Publish Date 2 July 1997
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 March 2023
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Guilford Publications
- Format Paperback
- Pages 187
- Language English