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.
Introduction: The Problem of Contemporary Adulthood: Calendars, Cartographies, and Constructions; J. Burnett Generations, Modernity and the Problem of Contemporary Adulthood; H.Blatterer The Calendar of Life: The Context of Social Trends for Understanding Contemporary Adulthood; J.Burnett Buying in: On Adulthood and Home Ownership Ideologies; K.Crawford Young Graduates and Understandings of Adulthood; R.Brooks Thirtysomething and Contemporary Adulthood; J.Burnett Chronologising Adulthood/Configuring Masculinity; J.Hockey, V.Robinson & A.Hall Surveys, Citizenship and the Sexual Lifecourse; M.Davis Life Begins At...? Psychological Reflections on Mental Health and Adulthood; J.Brown Growing Up Through Activism: Adult Identities and the Maturing of Standpoints; R.McKechnie & B.Körner Bibliography
