Il quarto sesso. Il territorio estremo dell'adolescenza

If we consider the male, female and homosexual as the
first, second and third sex, the fourth sex might be that of
adolescents But adolescence is above all a sexually
undefined state. Teenagers are not little boys or little girls,
and they are not yet men or women. They are part of a
parallel. They belong decisively to the present, but in
symbolic terms they are the seeds of the future. Their
behavior patterns are constantly monitored because they
represent a decisive segment of the strategy of consumption.
Fashion pays particularly close attention to the
teenage universe both as a source of inspiration and as a
crucial consumer segment, while contemporary art probes,
exploits and analyzes the myth of the eternal adolescent.
This book is constructed with images of fashion,
art, music, cinema and the news, accompanied by an
anthology of writings that mixes poetry, literature, journalism
and research, highlighting the increasing importance
of the teenage tribe in a society such as ours.