Perpetual adolescence
Jungian analyses of American media, literature, and pop culture
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Contributions
- Porterfield, Sally F. - Contributor
- Polette, Keith, 1954- - Contributor
- Baumlin, Tita French. - Contributor
Publication
2009 - SUNY Press, Albany, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
57,500 words, Guess
Page Count
230 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveperpetualadolesc00port
- Internet Archiveperpetualadolesc00port_512
- Internet Archiveisbn_9781438428000
- ISBN-139781438427997
- ISBN-139781438428000
and 8 more
- ISBN-101438427999
- ISBN-101438428006
- Goodreads7090720', '7117206
- Library of Congress Control Number2008051873
- OCLC Control Number291453872
- Better World Books9781438428000
- Better World Books9781438427997
- Open LibraryOL22849319M
Classifications
- DDC150.19/54
- LCCBF724.2 .P47 2009
- LCCBF724.2.P47 2009
Description
Arguing that American culture appeals to and is populated by children and adolescents who merely appear to be adult men and women, the essays in Perpetual Adolescence examine the Jungian archetype of the "eternal youth"--The puer aeternus--as it is manifested in the arrested development of American culture. From the infantilization of the American psyche and the lionization of teenaged celebrities and bodies, to fanatical conformity, and puerile entertainment, the contributors probe the various ways that American television, music, film, print, Internet, education, and social movements work to nourish and sustain this child archetype. Offering analytic psychology as an instrument of social analysis and critique, they point to the need for dialogue over the causes and effects of our puer-fixations, which have become, in large part, both a creation and a creator of the American zeitgeist. --From publisher's description.
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