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Exploring Dimensions of Age in Young People's Lives

A discourse analytical approach

Department of Sociology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 18 (Unioninkatu 35 FIN 00014, Helsinki, Finland; Sinikka.Aapola{at}Helsinki.Fi

This article focuses on dimensions of age in young people's life contexts within a discourse analytical framework. The analysis is based on meanings of age presented by Finnish secondary school students. The data consist of 88 autobiographical essays, written by 15 to 16-year-old boys and girls. Age is approached as a socially constructed phenomenon, defined differently in varying contexts.

Key Words: adolescence • age • development • gender • youth

Time & Society, Vol. 11, No. 2-3, 295-314 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X02011002007


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