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“Just a Typical Teenager”: The Social Ecology of “Normal Adolescence”—Insights from Diabetes Care

In Western society “normal adolescence” is understood to be a biologically driven phase characterized by emotional turmoil and irrational behavior. Despite being discredited within academic literature this discourse persists both in formal theory and everyday use. Drawing on the case of diabetes car...

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Autor principal: Allen, Davina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4270798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25530652
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/symb.42
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description In Western society “normal adolescence” is understood to be a biologically driven phase characterized by emotional turmoil and irrational behavior. Despite being discredited within academic literature this discourse persists both in formal theory and everyday use. Drawing on the case of diabetes care, I argue that the discourse of “normal adolescence” derives its power from its value as a vocabulary of motive through which to navigate the contradictions inherent in the social order at this stage of the life-course. While helping us to comprehend sociologically the ecological niche in which “normal adolescence” is sustained, this analysis raises questions about the persistence of this discourse for social action.
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spelling pubmed-42707982014-12-19 “Just a Typical Teenager”: The Social Ecology of “Normal Adolescence”—Insights from Diabetes Care Allen, Davina Symb Interact Articles In Western society “normal adolescence” is understood to be a biologically driven phase characterized by emotional turmoil and irrational behavior. Despite being discredited within academic literature this discourse persists both in formal theory and everyday use. Drawing on the case of diabetes care, I argue that the discourse of “normal adolescence” derives its power from its value as a vocabulary of motive through which to navigate the contradictions inherent in the social order at this stage of the life-course. While helping us to comprehend sociologically the ecological niche in which “normal adolescence” is sustained, this analysis raises questions about the persistence of this discourse for social action. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2013-02 2012-12-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4270798/ /pubmed/25530652 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/symb.42 Text en © 2013 Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Creative Commons Deed, Attribution 2.5, which does not permit commercial exploitation.
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