Perpetual Adolescence

Perpetual Adolescence
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781438428031
ISBN-13 : 1438428030
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Book Synopsis Perpetual Adolescence by : Sally Porterfield

Download or read book Perpetual Adolescence written by Sally Porterfield and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2015-05-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing that American culture appeals to and is populated by children and adolescents who merely appear to be adult men and women, the essays in Perpetual Adolescence examine the Jungian archetype of the "eternal youth"—the puer aeternus—as it is manifested in the arrested development of American culture. From the infantilization of the American psyche and the lionization of teenaged celebrities and bodies, to fanatical conformity, and puerile entertainment, the contributors probe the various ways that American television, music, film, print, Internet, education, and social movements work to nourish and sustain this child archetype. Offering analytic psychology as an instrument of social analysis and critique, they point to the need for dialogue over the causes and effects of our puer-fixations, which have become, in large part, both a creation and a creator of the American zeitgeist.

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