AS CONCEPÇÕES DE ADOLESCENTE E AS METÁFORAS "IOIÔ", "CANGURU" E "NEM NEM" COMO PROCESSOS SOCIAIS.

This paper aims to reflect and critically discuss the meanders related to Brazilian youth, presenting the challenges and limits of this segment in a time of constant change. This is a qualitative research, using as main methods of data collection the bibliographic research and the survey of statistical variables from large official national databases. Among the main results obtained, it can be noted that the concept of the teenager is related to a variety of topics ranging from the teen's naturalistic view to conceptualize it as a historical and social subject the survey of statistical variables from large official national databases. Furthermore, the titles called "yo-yo", "kangaroo" and "no no" were analyzed as social processes that act as symbolic instances of social reproduction, reflecting directly in the conflicts experienced by Brazilian youth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]