Summary:
This book is quite the facination: Almost everything and anything you would like to know about teenagers is in here! :O From teenage mystique, to coming of age and family values (which are the chapters), Thomas Hine covers a vast sea of information in each chapter about teens. He uses history to relate to the teens of that time. For example (this isn't actually in the book but): How fangirls reacted when Justin Beiber is on stage, and how many despised his fame. With such things as the Great Awakening and the Declaration affecting teens, this is definately a well-rounded research of teens throughout history. I'm slowly pushing my way through reading the ever-so-small text on the pages to reach modern teens, but thats ok, 80 pages are the gold mine of information. :D
Quote:
"This book isn't my inner teenager, or yours either. Rather, it's about people in their teens throughout American history-- what adults expected of them, how they fit into the world they found, and how they helped shape it as well. There's no room here for nostalgia-- an emotion that distorts understanding of both past and of the present. The sixties, the decade of my teenage years, have been celebrated-- and demonized-- quite enough." (Hine 3).
Reaction:
I like this quote. It sort of shows strength in the author; making it seem as if this book isn't just a memoir of his past or our past, but our shared pasts; the rainbow spectrum of teenage experiences. And I like how when he references to the 60's, that time has been 'nostaliga-ed' a lot because he himself lived through it. I would have prefered a memoir of an individual's teen years but hey, term 4, history book. x3
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