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Cool : the signs and meanings of adolescence / Marcel Danesi.

By: Series: Toronto studies in semioticsPublication details: Toronto ; Buffalo, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, c1994.Description: xiv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0802074839
  • 0802004679
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.235 20
LOC classification:
  • HQ796 .D247 1994
Contents:
1. A History of Teenagerhood. Adolescence vs. Teenagerhood. J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. The Fifties. The Sixties. The Seventies and Eighties. The Post-modern Teenager -- 2. The Emergence of Coolness. Signifying Osmosis. Body Image. Social Cognition. The Cliquing Phenomenon. Partying -- 3. An Anatomy of Coolness. Facial Appearance and Expression. Dress Codes. Musical Preferences. Smoking. Hanging Out -- 4. Pubilect: The Language of Teenagerhood. Pubilect vs. Slang. Features. Situational Focusing. Verbal Duelling. Cross-Cultural Comparisons -- 5. The Future of Teenagerhood. Teenagers and the Media. The High School. The Mythology of Childhood. The New Mythology of Teenagerhood. The World of the Post-modern Teenager: Catcher in the Rye or Clockwork Orange?
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. A History of Teenagerhood. Adolescence vs. Teenagerhood. J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. The Fifties. The Sixties. The Seventies and Eighties. The Post-modern Teenager -- 2. The Emergence of Coolness. Signifying Osmosis. Body Image. Social Cognition. The Cliquing Phenomenon. Partying -- 3. An Anatomy of Coolness. Facial Appearance and Expression. Dress Codes. Musical Preferences. Smoking. Hanging Out -- 4. Pubilect: The Language of Teenagerhood. Pubilect vs. Slang. Features. Situational Focusing. Verbal Duelling. Cross-Cultural Comparisons -- 5. The Future of Teenagerhood. Teenagers and the Media. The High School. The Mythology of Childhood. The New Mythology of Teenagerhood. The World of the Post-modern Teenager: Catcher in the Rye or Clockwork Orange?

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