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Contributions of Anthropology to the Study of Adolescence
Author(s) -
Schlegel Alice,
Hewlett Bonnie L.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2010.00729.x
Subject(s) - ethnography , anthropology , digital anthropology , sociocultural anthropology , ecological anthropology , cultural anthropology , applied anthropology , sociology , psychology , anthropological linguistics , anthropology of art , linguistics , history , clinical linguistics , philosophy , contemporary art , performance art , applied linguistics , art history
Adolescence researchers can turn to anthropology to learn the methods of ethnography and cultural comparisons, and they can mine its large database of information on cultures worldwide. But anthropology's single most important contribution is the concept of culture, the mosaic of a group's learned and shared, or at least understood, beliefs, practices, and modes of expression. Although there have been several notable anthropological studies of adolescence in the last decade, in general adolescence has been understudied in the fields of anthropology, and anthropology has been underrepresented in the fields of adolescence research. This article reviews work done by anthropologists that contributes directly to the study of adolescence.