Contemporary Adulthood

1. Front Matter

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2. The Problem of Contemporary Adulthood: Calendars Cartographies and Constructions

   • Judith Burnett

   Pages 1-9

3. Generations, Modernity and the Problem of Contemporary Adulthood

   • Harry Blatterer

   Pages 10-23

4. The Calendar of Life: The Context of Social Trends for Understanding Contemporary Adulthood

   • Judith Burnett

   Pages 24-38

5. Buying In: On Adulthood and Homeownership Ideologies

   • Kate Crawford

   Pages 39-55

6. Young Graduates and Understandings of Adulthood

   • Rachel Brooks

   Pages 56-70

7. Thirtysomething and Contemporary Adulthood

   • Judith Burnett

   Pages 71-87

8. Chronologising Adulthood/Configuring Masculinity

   • Jenny Hockey, Victoria Robinson, Alex Hall

   Pages 88-103

9. Surveys, Citizenship and the Sexual Lifecourse

   • Mark Davis

   Pages 104-119

10. Life Begins At …? Psychological Reflections on Mental Health and Adulthood

    • Joanne Brown

    Pages 120-130

11. Growing Up Through Activism: Adult Identities and the Maturing of Standpoints

    • Rosemary McKechnie, Barbara Körner

    Pages 131-151

12. Back Matter

    Pages 152-173

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A new approach which problematizes the category of contemporary adulthood, this book includes chapters on demographic change; becoming thirty-something; graduates and work; mental health and happiness; new configurations of masculinity; the sexual lifecourse; political beliefs in adulthood; and adulthood and the housing market.

• demography
• Figuration
• Generation
• happiness
• Ideologie

• University of Wolverhampton, UK

  Judith Burnett

HARRY BLATTERER is Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia RACHEL BROOKS is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy in the Department of Political, International and Policy Studies at the University of Surrey, UK JOANNE BROWN is Lecturer in Mental Health at the University of Southampton, UK JUDITH BURNETT is Dean of the School of Law, Social Sciences and Communications at the University of Wolverhampton, UK KATE CRAWFORD is Lecturer in the Media and Communications Department at the University of Sydney, Australia MARK DAVIS is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Monash Univesity, Australia ALEXANDRA HALL is Research Associate at the Department of Geography, Durham University, UK JENNY HOCKEY is Professor of Sociology at Sheffield University, UK BARBARA KORNER is Lecturer in the Social Sciences at the Open University, UK ROSEMARY MCKECHNIE is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Bath Spa University, UK VICTORIA ROBINSON is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Sheffield, UK

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