196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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In answering these questions, Janet Sayers highlights the revolution wrought in both sexes' psychology by adolescence, particularly by its fantasies of divided selves and loves and of 'boy crazy' grandiosity and romance. Illustrated throughout with fascinating examples from a groundbreaking study of adolescent memories and dreams, Boy Crazy presents an engaging account of this little-researched... Read more
Acknowledgements, PART I Introduction, 1 Remembering adolescence, PART II Divided selves, 2 Detached sons, 3 Divided adolescents, 4 Schizoid and suicidal splitting, PART III Divided loves, 5 Attached daughters, 6 Divided friends, 7 Depressed and eating disordered ambivalence, PART IV Grandiosity and romance, 8 Gods and heroes, 9 Saviours, 10 Fallen idols, PART V Conclusion, 11 Beyond memories and dreams, Notes, Index
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Sayers, Janet
