A Review of the Distinctive Genres of Adolescent Folklore Edited and Introduced by Simon J. Bronner
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Popular descriptions of the transition from childhood to adolescence often include one of two paradoxical viewpoints. The first is the sentimentalized "overnight wonder" experience: one day the children are contented with dressing dolls or climbing trees and the next they are buying prom clothes, asking to borrow the family car and telling stories about crazy killers with hooks instead of hands. This image is more often the production of advertis-ing campaigns (e.g., the Kodak montage of photographs of "misty yester-years") than the actual experience of people in daily contact with children. The other viewpoint covers a slower but more realistic transition that features physical changes (especially puberty), improving social skills, and intellec-tual development. Even the most rapid course through puberty still takes more than a day to complete the journey.
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