| Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids Univ of Chicago Edition Contributor(s): Gaines, Donna (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226278727 ISBN-13: 9780226278728 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1998 Annotation: Teenage Wasteland provides memorable portraits of "rock and roll kids" and analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. A powerful indictment of the often manipulative media coverage of youth crises and so-called alternative programs designed to help "troubled" teens, Teenage Wasteland draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Adolescence - Social Science | Sociology - General - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
| Dewey: 305.235 |
| LCCN: 97043544 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 5.26" W x 7.94" (0.69 lbs) 282 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Suburban - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Teenage Wasteland provides memorable portraits of rock and roll kids and shrewd analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. A powerful indictment of the often manipulative media coverage of youth crises and so-called alternative programs designed to help troubled teens, Teenage Wasteland draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids. A powerful book.--Samuel G. Freedman, New York Times Book Review [Gaines] sheds light on a poorly understood world and raises compelling questions about what society might do to help this alienated group of young people.--Ann Grimes, Washington Post Book World There is no comparable study of teenage suburban culture . . . and very few ethnographic inquiries written with anything like Gaines's native gusto or her luminous eye for detail.--Andrew Ross, Transition An outstanding case study. . . . Gaines shows how teens engage in cultural production and how such social agency is affected by economic transformations and institutional interventions.--Richard Lachman, Contemporary Sociology The best book on contemporary youth culture.--Rolling Stone |