Zittoun / Tania Transitions

Symbolic Resources in Development
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-1-60752-502-8
Verlag: Information Age Publishing
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 265 Seiten

Reihe: Advances in Cultural Psychology: Constructing Human Development

What do young people do with the novels they read, the films they see, the music they hear and sing? How do these cultural products act as ‘symbolic resources’ in the process of development? And what can we, as researchers, learn by studying people’s uses of fiction? This monograph approaches development through the study of transitions and the processes of exploration that follow ruptures in people’s lives. Specifically, it examines young people’s symbolic responsibility as they have to choose among the wide range of cultural products societies exposes them to. The book thus examines the books, films and music that young people mobilize when they need to redefine their identity, learn informal knowhow, or have to confer meaning to what happens to them in transitions. The book has a theoretical scope. It draws on cultural psychology and psychoanalysis to formulate the importance of semiotic mediation in thinking, feeling and acting. Its main contribution is to propose a model for analyzing uses of symbolic resources, such as books and films, in everyday life. It thus shows how uses of symbolic resources can enable new forms of experiences and conduct. It finally highlights social and personal conditions that might facilitate or hinder developmental uses of symbolic resources. The book, based on indepth case studies, is addressed to scholars, professional and students in the fields of youth, culture and the media, cultural and developmental psychology, and lifelong education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zittoun, Tania

Zittoun,

Tania,

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Cover;1
2;Contents;7
3;Chapter 1. Young Adults in Blurred Fields of Changing Media;17
3.1;Change and Development;18
3.2;Looking for Youth Transitions;24
3.3;Qualifying Youth: Symbolic Responsibility;30
3.4;Moving Away From the Study of Youth and Media;40
4;Chapter 2. Modeling Cultural Experiences and Symbolic Resources;49
4.1;in Development Semiotic Processes in Cultural Experiences;59
4.2;Semiotic Elaborations of Emotions and the Unconscious;60
4.3;Cultural Experiences and Changes Beyond the Sphere of;70
4.4;Imaginary Experience The Five Aspects of Cultural Experiences;74
4.5;Semiotic Processes in Youth Development;80
5;Chapter 3. Accessing Personal Cultures;85
5.1;Epistemological Issues;85
5.2;Methodological Issues;91
5.3;The Reconstructive Interpretative Method;95
5.4;Generalization;105
5.5;An Overview of 29 Possible Case Studies;106
6;Chapter 4. Young People’s Uses of Symbolic Resources;117
6.1;What Transitions, What Resources?;118
6.2;The Aboutness of Cultural Elements;120
6.3;Time Orientation;129
6.4;Levels of Semiotic Meditation;135
7;Chapter 5. Symbolic Resources in Developmental Transitions;143
7.1;Pop Lyrics for Grieving and Changing School: Julia;146
7.2;Hesse to Come Back: Eli;157
7.3;Scout for Defining a Job: Pat;165
7.4;Bible and Biographies to Sketch a Life: Thomas;173
7.5;The Ambiguities of Propaganda: Max;180
7.6;A Discussion of Five Case Studies;187
8;Chapter 6. Conclusions: Youth Transitions, Symbolic Processes;201
8.1;and the Life-Span Development Through Symbolic Resources;202
8.2;Developing Uses of Symbolic Resources;205
8.3;Expertise in Using Symbolic Resources;218
8.4;Openings;222
8.5;Concluding Words;226