Coming of Age

Constructing and Controlling Youth in Munich, 1942-1973

Nonfiction, History, Germany, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Crimes & Criminals, Criminology
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Author: Martin Kalb ISBN: 9781785331541
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: May 1, 2016
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author: Martin Kalb
ISBN: 9781785331541
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: May 1, 2016
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

In the lean and anxious years following World War II, Munich society became obsessed with the moral condition of its youth. Initially born of the economic and social disruption of the war years, a preoccupation with juvenile delinquency progressed into a full-blown panic over the hypothetical threat that young men and women posed to postwar stability. As Martin Kalb shows in this fascinating study, constructs like the rowdy young boy and the sexually deviant girl served as proxies for the diffuse fears of adult society, while allowing authorities ranging from local institutions to the U.S. military government to strengthen forms of social control.

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In the lean and anxious years following World War II, Munich society became obsessed with the moral condition of its youth. Initially born of the economic and social disruption of the war years, a preoccupation with juvenile delinquency progressed into a full-blown panic over the hypothetical threat that young men and women posed to postwar stability. As Martin Kalb shows in this fascinating study, constructs like the rowdy young boy and the sexually deviant girl served as proxies for the diffuse fears of adult society, while allowing authorities ranging from local institutions to the U.S. military government to strengthen forms of social control.

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