Cool : the signs and meanings of adolescence /
Danesi, Marcel, 1946-
Cool : the signs and meanings of adolescence / Marcel Danesi. - Toronto ; Buffalo, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, c1994. - xiv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Toronto studies in semiotics . - Toronto studies in semiotics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. A History of Teenagerhood. Adolescence vs. Teenagerhood. J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. The Fifties. The Sixties. The Seventies and Eighties. The Post-modern Teenager -- 2. The Emergence of Coolness. Signifying Osmosis. Body Image. Social Cognition. The Cliquing Phenomenon. Partying -- 3. An Anatomy of Coolness. Facial Appearance and Expression. Dress Codes. Musical Preferences. Smoking. Hanging Out -- 4. Pubilect: The Language of Teenagerhood. Pubilect vs. Slang. Features. Situational Focusing. Verbal Duelling. Cross-Cultural Comparisons -- 5. The Future of Teenagerhood. Teenagers and the Media. The High School. The Mythology of Childhood. The New Mythology of Teenagerhood. The World of the Post-modern Teenager: Catcher in the Rye or Clockwork Orange?
0802074839 $14.95 0802004679 $40.00
95137188
C94-931312-2
HQ796 / .D247 1994
305.235
Cool : the signs and meanings of adolescence / Marcel Danesi. - Toronto ; Buffalo, N.Y. : University of Toronto Press, c1994. - xiv, 168 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Toronto studies in semiotics . - Toronto studies in semiotics. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. A History of Teenagerhood. Adolescence vs. Teenagerhood. J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. The Fifties. The Sixties. The Seventies and Eighties. The Post-modern Teenager -- 2. The Emergence of Coolness. Signifying Osmosis. Body Image. Social Cognition. The Cliquing Phenomenon. Partying -- 3. An Anatomy of Coolness. Facial Appearance and Expression. Dress Codes. Musical Preferences. Smoking. Hanging Out -- 4. Pubilect: The Language of Teenagerhood. Pubilect vs. Slang. Features. Situational Focusing. Verbal Duelling. Cross-Cultural Comparisons -- 5. The Future of Teenagerhood. Teenagers and the Media. The High School. The Mythology of Childhood. The New Mythology of Teenagerhood. The World of the Post-modern Teenager: Catcher in the Rye or Clockwork Orange?
0802074839 $14.95 0802004679 $40.00
95137188
C94-931312-2
HQ796 / .D247 1994
305.235