Transitions (eBook)

Tania Zittoun (Autor)

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2006 | 1. Auflage
265 Seiten
Information Age Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-60752-502-8 (ISBN)

Infos

What do young people do with the novels they read, the films they see, the music they hear and sing? How do these cultural products act as ‘symbolic resources’ in the process of development? And what can we, as researchers, learn by studying people’s uses of fiction? This monograph approaches development through the study of transitions and the processes of exploration that follow ruptures in people’s lives. Specifically, it examines young people’s symbolic responsibility as they have to choose among the wide range of cultural products societies exposes them to. The book thus examines the books, films and music that young people mobilize when they need to redefine their identity, learn informal knowhow, or have to confer meaning to what happens to them in transitions. The book has a theoretical scope. It draws on cultural psychology and psychoanalysis to formulate the importance of semiotic mediation in thinking, feeling and acting. Its main contribution is to propose a model for analyzing uses of symbolic resources, such as books and films, in everyday life. It thus shows how uses of symbolic resources can enable new forms of experiences and conduct. It finally highlights social and personal conditions that might facilitate or hinder developmental uses of symbolic resources. The book, based on indepth case studies, is addressed to scholars, professional and students in the fields of youth, culture and the media, cultural and developmental psychology, and lifelong education.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 7
Chapter 1. Young Adults in Blurred Fields of Changing Media 17
Change and Development 18
Looking for Youth Transitions 24
Qualifying Youth: Symbolic Responsibility 30
Moving Away From the Study of Youth and Media 40
Chapter 2. Modeling Cultural Experiences and Symbolic Resources 49
in Development Semiotic Processes in Cultural Experiences 59
Semiotic Elaborations of Emotions and the Unconscious 60
Cultural Experiences and Changes Beyond the Sphere of 70
Imaginary Experience The Five Aspects of Cultural Experiences 74
Semiotic Processes in Youth Development 80
Chapter 3. Accessing Personal Cultures 85
Epistemological Issues 85
Methodological Issues 91
The Reconstructive Interpretative Method 95
Generalization 105
An Overview of 29 Possible Case Studies 106
Chapter 4. Young People’s Uses of Symbolic Resources 117
What Transitions, What Resources? 118
The Aboutness of Cultural Elements 120
Time Orientation 129
Levels of Semiotic Meditation 135
Chapter 5. Symbolic Resources in Developmental Transitions 143
Pop Lyrics for Grieving and Changing School: Julia 146
Hesse to Come Back: Eli 157
Scout for Defining a Job: Pat 165
Bible and Biographies to Sketch a Life: Thomas 173
The Ambiguities of Propaganda: Max 180
A Discussion of Five Case Studies 187
Chapter 6. Conclusions: Youth Transitions, Symbolic Processes 201
and the Life-Span Development Through Symbolic Resources 202
Developing Uses of Symbolic Resources 205
Expertise in Using Symbolic Resources 218
Openings 222
Concluding Words 226

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2006
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 1-60752-502-X / 160752502X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-60752-502-8 / 9781607525028