| Description |
xx, 171 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Esther Madriz -- Running Away Is Social Behavior: Statistics and History -- Introduction: Problems in Identifying Runaway Behaviors -- A Social History of Running Away -- Reasons for Running Away: Popular Assumptions, Myths, and Current Realities -- Development of Runaway Culture Through Patterns of Emotional Interaction -- Emotion Theory and Running Away -- Procedure: Design and Methodology -- Description of the Sample -- Contemporary Problems in the Study of Runaways -- Running Away: Theories of Emotion and Deviance -- Emotion Theory -- Interactionism -- Conflict Perspective -- Control Theory -- Running Away and the Socioemotional Bond -- Introduction: The Social Bond Is an Emotional Connection -- "Emotion Talk": Finding the Sociology of Emotion -- Family Bonds Weaken and Dissolve -- Family Bonds Rupture -- Irreparable Bonds -- Reparation of Bonds: Longing for Protection and Recognition -- The Politics of Anger: Rebellion, Ressentiment, and Emotional Capital -- A Unanimous Chorus by the Ruled: "Too Many Unfair Rules and Rulers" -- The Ultimate Wielding of Authority Over Youths: "Lockup Is Hell" -- Struggles to Meet Expectations: "I Love My Mother, But ..." -- Ressentiment and Emotional Capital -- Rage and Insubordination: Defiant Running Away -- Anger and the Politics of Aim -- Broken Hearts and "Bad Attitudes" -- Introduction: Theoretical Observations -- Runaways' Recommendations. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-165) and index. |
| Subject |
Runaway teenagers -- United States.
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| ISBN |
0789005506 hardcover alkaline paper |
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