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Adolescence (Re)imagined: The Adolescent Stage

Senior Elective (Spring 2019)

Rise and Fall of the American Teenager by Thomas Hine (Perennial, 2006)

Adolescent Psychology

Video: "The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain" by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore (TedGlobal 2012)
Video: "Researching Risk: The Adolescent Brain" (Interview with Dr. Laurence Steinberg)
Video: "The Teenage Brain: The Impact of Culture on Adolescence" (Interview with Nicola Morgan)

Quinceañeras

"Bikinis and Tiaras" by Vendela Vida
Video: "15: A Quinceañera Story: Zoey" (a transgender quinceañera)

Sturm and Drang

"Adolescent Storm and Stress, Reconsidered" by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett ("American Psychology," 1999)

Rites of Passage + Liminality

Summary / Study Guide: "Rites of Passage" (University of Idaho)
Image: Rites of Passage as the Hero's Journey
"Betwixt and Between" from Forest of Symbols by Victor Turner (1967)

Gang Initiation

Video: "Inside a Gang Initiation with the Silent Murder Crips" (VICE News)
Selected quotations from "Inside a Gang Initiation" video
"Street Baptism: Chicano Gang Initiation"

Debutante Balls

"Dipping Debutantes" by Vendela Vida

Debutante Edited Viewing Guide