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ERIC Number: EJ507867
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1995
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The Role of Socioeconomic Status in Adolescent Literature.
Pearlman, Michael
Adolescence, v30 n117 p223-31 Spr 1995
Argues that socioeconomic status (SES) plays an important role in the lives of adolescents as reflected in adolescent literature. Examines three areas affected by SES: self-esteem, how literature affects characterization and the degree to which adolescents identify with a literary figure, and how literature functions as a learning device. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Fiction, Identification (Psychology), Literature, Perception, Psychological Characteristics, Reference Groups, Responses, Secondary Education, Self Esteem, Socioeconomic Status
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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