Youth Subcultures Exploring Underground America (a Longman Topics Reader)

Name: Youth Subcultures Exploring Underground America (a Longman Topics Reader)
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ISBN: 9780321241948

ISBN-10: 0321241940

ISBN-13: 9780321241948

Edition: 2007

Authors: Arielle Greenberg

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Youth Subcultures uses a cultural studies lens to explore contemporary American youth subcultures such as skateboarding, punk, Goth, and raves in a brief, flexible, and inexpensive reader. nbsp; Explores contemporary American youth subcultures nbsp; Skateboarding Punk Goth Raves nbsp; General Interest: Youth Subcultures

Book details

List price: $53.32
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 10/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 0.39" wide x 0.39" long x 0.39" tall
Weight: 0.638



Rhetorical Contents


Thematic Contents


Preface


Introduction



Roots and Origins


Youth Activism in the 1990s



The Rainbow Family Gathering



The Lords of Dogtown



Nortena Slang Dictionary



Heavy Metal's Proud Pariahs




Fitting in and Coming Together


The Bboy Style on the Eastside



The Homeless Community of the Piers



Thoughts on the Movie Afro-Punk



Where We Belong: A Report on Anime Central 2004



My Life as an Enterprise Slash Writer




Myths and Truths


From Geeks to Freaks: Goth and the Middle Class



How the Internet Is Changing Straightedge



My Night as a Wiccan: Dusting Away the Stereotypes



She Rips When She Skates: Female Skateboarders as Active Subcultural Participants



A Different View of Hackers




Merchandise, Commercialism, and Co-opting the Scene


Towards a Critical Understanding of "Asian Cute Culture"



So Emo It Hurts



Economic Status and Raving



Street Skateboarding and the Government Stamp of Approval




Dropping Out and Dropping Back In


The Graying of Aquarius



Growing Up and Out of the Rave Scene



Deadheads Yesterday and Today: An Audience Study



Too Dirty to Be a Hobo?



A Straightedger's Journey



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