Fleur Gabriel lectures in media and communication studies at Monash University, Australia.

"Deconstructing Youth: Youth Discourses at the Limits of Sense, by Fleur Gabriel, provides a compelling analytical account of the confounding presence that youth have in modern Western culture. The book is geared towards adults seeking to better understand the youth mind. ... Gabriel's work makes a significant contribution to the study of adolescence. Each chapter introduces highly debated topics surrounding the uncertain, undefinable identity of today's modern youth." (Jonathan M. Baker, Adolescent Research Review, Vol. 1, 2016)

• 1. Introduction 2. The State of Contemporary Youth: Conceptual Underpinnings of Dominant Youth Discourses 3. Deconstruction and the Question of Identity 4. Reasonable Unreason: The Limits of Youth in the Teen Brain 5. Presumed Innocent: The Paradox of 'Coming of Age' 6. Normal Abnormality: Coming to Terms 7. Conclusion Notes References