Boy Crazy: Remembering Adolescence, Therapies and Dreams [Paperback]

Janet Sayers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 13, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0415190851 | ISBN-13: 978-0415190855 | Edition: 1

In answering these questions, Janet Sayers highlights the revolution wrought in both sexes' psychology by adolescence, particularly by its fantasies of divided selves and loves and of 'boy crazy' grandiosity and romance.
Illustrated throughout with fascinating examples from a groundbreaking study of adolescent memories and dreams, Boy Crazy presents an engaging account of this little-researched period of human development. Sayers also draws on her own work as a therapist, and weaves in vignettes from fiction and film, to demonstrate the significance we attach in adulthood to our experiences as adolescents. She suggests that men and women respond differently to the sexual awakening that takes place during their teens, and to their own memories of that part of their life. In relating the findings of her research the author also explores to what extent the theories of Freud, Jung and feminism shape our understanding of the formative effect of adolescent experiences and emotions.
Boy Crazy provides a fascinating insight into the repercussions of adolescence on our adult lives and loves and will appeal to the general and specialist reader alike.

Editorial Reviews

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highly recommended for all undergradute, graduate, and professional collections.
–CHOICE June 1999

About the Author

Janet Sayers is Professor of Psychoanalysis at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (August 13, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415190851
• ISBN-13: 978-0415190855
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,857,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars A must-have work, June 27, 2004

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RAMONE FORD (CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boy Crazy: Remembering Adolescence, Therapies and Dreams (Paperback)

This is an essential book for anyone working with adolescents, especially in the western world. This book is a flash light shone on the dark(not in a bad way)of memories of pre-puberty and puberty years. It is written from a psychoanalytic perspective but it helps to uncover a world of untold truths about the often exciting and sometimes debilitating years of adolescence. I would recommend this for any social worker, psychologist or parent attempting to understand their teenager a little better. Sayers work is captivating and memorable. Told from a European cultural perspective but in tune with adolescents around the world. I could relate to most of the vignettes as personal. I highly recommend it as a must have work.