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Title: Really Terrible
Review: I came to write about my disappointment with this text, and I am pleased to see that someone else felt compelled to offer the same feedback. To what has already been said I would like to add that for a "cultural approach" this text is alarmingly culturally insensitive. It is written entirely from the White American perspective, and all other cultures and perspectives are lumped together as "other." Jensen Arnett's biases and personal opinions shine through in every chapter, and I find distressing that this information is being passed off to students as legitimate scholarship.Additionally, the book is out of date. It relies heavily on research conducted in the 1980s and 1990s --these "adolescents and emerging adults" are now in their 40s and 50s.
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