| Past and Present of Adolescence in Society: The 'Teen Brain' Debate in Perspective. | |
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PMID: 21376077 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Understood as the stage in individual life comprised between physiological puberty (a "natural" condition) and the recognition of the adult status (a "cultural" construction), adolescence has been envisaged as a universal condition, a stage in human development to be found in all societies and historical moments. Nevertheless, anthropological foundings across space and times depinct a more complex panorama. The large variety of situations can be grouped into five big models of adolescence, which correspond to different types of society: "puber" from the primitive stateless societies; "ephebe" from ancient states; "boy and girl" from pre-industrial rural societies; "teenager" from the first industrialisation process and "youngsters" from modern post-industrial societies. In order to describe the features of these five models of youth, this article presents a series of ethnographical examples to illustrate the enormous plasticity of adolescence in past and present. This perspective is to be considered as the psico-social and cultural environment for adolescent brain development, that will be discussed in depth along in this special issue. |
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Carles Feixa |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-3-1 |
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Title: Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews Volume: - ISSN: 1873-7528 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-3-7 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7806090 Medline TA: Neurosci Biobehav Rev Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
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University of Lleida Geography and Sociology Pl. Victor Siurana, 1 25003 Lleida, Cqtalonia Spain. |
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