Blurring The Boundaries/
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TextPublication details: New York: Routledge, 2013ISBN: 9780203077979Subject(s): Social Science | SociologyOnline resources: Click here to access online | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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CHAPTER ONE: THE RELAXATION OF RULES
Norms for Public versus Private Interaction
Living with Ambiguity
Noise Pollution
Free Style Dancing
Grade Inflation
Cheating
Summary
CHAPTER TWO: GENDER EQUALITY AND THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION
Labor Force Participation
Marriage and Childbirth
Sex on Campus
Educational Opportunities
Summary
CHAPTER THREE: A CULT OF YOUTH
"Don’t Trust Anybody over 30"
Aging of the First-Wave Boomers
The Boomers Continue to Bloom
The Demise of Ageism?
Popular Culture
Age Discrimination
Gerontologists Respond
Summary
CHAPTER FOUR: THE RELAXATION OF AGE CONSTRAINTS
Blurring the Boundaries of Age
The Timing of Major Life Events
"Get Me to the Church on Time"
Participating in the Arts
Educational Late-Blooming
Retirement
A New Stage of Life?
Summary
CHAPTER FIVE: WHAT HAS KEPT THE BOOMER CHANGES GOING?
The Boomers’ Continuing Influence
The Boomerang Effect
Co-opting the Counterculture
Growing Competition
Summary
CHAPTER SIX: THE EROSION OF CHILDHOOD
Generalizing the Relaxation of Norms
Middle School Sex
Eating Disorders
Bullying
Discipline
Teenagers in Adult Jails
Summary
CHAPTER SEVEN: FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO THE
EROSION OF CHILDHOOD
Earlier Puberty
Commercial Interests
The Mass Media
Lack of Adult Supervision
Summary
CHAPTER EIGHT: REVERSALS AND RESOLUTIONS
New Norms for Old
Norm Ambiguity and Controversy
Formalizing the Rules
Incipient Reversals?
Involving Parents
The Benefits of Blurred Boundaries
Feathering the Full Nest
Conclusion
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