ANT322H1 Lecture Notes - Naomi Wolf, Joan Didion, Anomie
Lec 8
Miller 3, 4, 5 on final.
(0) Birth
infancy
Childhood
Adolescence (Puberty)
(18-30)
Adulthood
(30-65)
Death (80)
Miller Part 3
Have social value, not just economic
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Jobs in youth
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Tradition - if you are in school, you're in school
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Social
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Survival
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Just for the money
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People have jobs for different reasons:
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Different generations
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Relationship in the family
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The family unit = crucial, but is changing drastically
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Generation gap is gone?
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Concept of maturity - has changed
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Reflected in legal system, economic system ..
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Relationship of daughter and mother
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Esmeralda Santiago
Family vs peers
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Peer groups replace family
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Conformity to family expectations
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Influence of peers to family cohesion
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Thursday nights? Friday night hangout
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Joyce Carol Oates
Psychologist
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Do we have any?
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Birth, graduation, wedding, defining age, funeral
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Symbolism
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Celebrated with a religious notion - e.g. baptism
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Rite of passage
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Are there any today in contemporary urbanized cultures?
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Why do older generations view younger ones as rebellious?
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Louise J. Kaplan**
Femininity and womanhood in adolescence
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Lack of formal coming of age rituals a problem
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Will I be accepted?
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Will I be beautiful if I looked this way? Or that way?
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What is considered beautiful?
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Body image has become a problem period.
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Body image is important in females especially
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A bigger body used to mean = healthy, rich
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Naomi Wolf
Lec 8 Miller 3 & 4 Readings
March-13-13
2:09 PM
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