• DOI:10.18662/PO/2014.0502.03
Corpus ID: 53992598

The Infantilization of the Postmodern Adult and the Figure of Kidult

@article{Bernardini2014TheIO,
  title={The Infantilization of the Postmodern Adult and the Figure of Kidult},
  author={J. Bernardini},
  journal={Postmodern Openings},
  year={2014},
  volume={5},
  pages={39-55}
}

J. Bernardini

Published 2014

Sociology

Postmodern Openings

Being young today is no longer a transitory stage, but rather a choice of life, well established and brutally promoted by the media system. While the classic paradigms of adulthood and maturation could interpret such infantile behavior as a symptom of deviance, such behavior has become a model to follow, an ideal of fun and being carefree, present in a wide variety of contexts of society. The contemporary adult follows a sort of thoughtful immaturity, a conscious escape from the… CONTINUE READING

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