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Boy crazy : remembering adolescence, therapies, and dreams created by Janet Sayers

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London Routledge 1998Description: 185 pages 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415190843 (hbk.)
  • 0415190851 (pbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Pt. I Introduction (starting p. 1) -- 1 Remembering adolescence (starting p. 3) -- Pt. II Divided selves (starting p. 15) -- 2 Detached sons (starting p. 17) -- 3 Divided adolescents (starting p. 29) -- 4 Schizoid and suicidal splitting (starting p. 50) -- Pt. III Divided loves (starting p. 61) -- 5 Attached daughters (starting p. 63) -- 6 Divided friends (starting p. 78) -- 7 Depressed and eating disordered ambivalence (starting p. 92) -- Pt. IV Grandiosity and romance (starting p. 105) -- 8 Gods and heroes (starting p. 107) -- 9 Saviours (starting p. 122) -- 10 Fallen idols (starting p. 139) -- Pt. V Conclusion (starting p. 153) -- 11 Beyond memories and dreams (starting p. 155) -- Notes (starting p. 158) -- Index (starting p. 181)
Summary: Drawing on extensive research, Sayers demonstrates the significance we attach in adulthood to our experiences as adolescents. She also explores the extent to which Freud Jung and feminism shape our understanding of adolescent experiences.
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Acknowledgements --
Pt. I Introduction (starting p. 1) --
1 Remembering adolescence (starting p. 3) --
Pt. II Divided selves (starting p. 15) --
2 Detached sons (starting p. 17) --
3 Divided adolescents (starting p. 29) --
4 Schizoid and suicidal splitting (starting p. 50) --
Pt. III Divided loves (starting p. 61) --
5 Attached daughters (starting p. 63) --
6 Divided friends (starting p. 78) --
7 Depressed and eating disordered ambivalence (starting p. 92) --
Pt. IV Grandiosity and romance (starting p. 105) --
8 Gods and heroes (starting p. 107) --
9 Saviours (starting p. 122) --
10 Fallen idols (starting p. 139) --
Pt. V Conclusion (starting p. 153) --
11 Beyond memories and dreams (starting p. 155) --
Notes (starting p. 158) --
Index (starting p. 181)

Drawing on extensive research, Sayers demonstrates the significance we attach in adulthood to our experiences as adolescents. She also explores the extent to which Freud Jung and feminism shape our understanding of adolescent experiences.

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