Beyond Conformity Or Rebellion

Download or read book Beyond Conformity Or Rebellion written by Gary Schwartz and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987-07-06 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: In this new study of high school-aged youth in the early 70's, the author reveals subtle yet significant changes in the style of deviance in adolescent culture. The argument is made that a new peer-group pluralism emerged from the 60's which is characterized by a deviance defined less by persistent violations of the law than by disengagement from traditional images of success and civic responsiblity. This work is based on an ethnographic study of six communities located in a midwestern agricultural and industrial state. This study will be of interest to individuals involved in the fields of adolescence, education, delinquency and deviance, community life, and the texture of life and values among high school youth.