Coming of age : constructing and controlling youth in Munich, 1942-1973 /

In the lean and anxious years following World War II, Munich society became obsessed with the moral condition of its youth. Initially born of the economic and social disruption of the war years, a preoccupation with juvenile delinquency progressed into a full-blown panic over the hypothetical threat...

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Author / Contributor: Kalb, Martin (Author)
Imprint: New York : Berghahn Books, 2016.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Delinquency in the crisis years, 1942-1948
  • Constructing the delinquent boy and the sexually deviant girl
  • Controlling juvenile delinquents in the crisis years
  • Americanization and youth cultures in the miracle years, 1949-1962
  • Constructing the halbstarke and the teenager
  • Controlling youth and society in the miracle years
  • Political activism in the protest years, 1962-1973
  • Constructing the student and the Gammler
  • Controlling protestor in the protest years
  • Conclusion.