| Youth Culture in Late Modernity Contributor(s): Fornas, Johan (Editor), Bolin, Goran (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0803988982 ISBN-13: 9780803988989 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1995 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Children's Studies - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.23 |
| LCCN: 94061392 |
| Physical Information: 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Poised between the commercialism of mass consumption and a questioning of prevailing social norms, youth cultures offer a fascinating insight into the social and cultural state of Western societies. This innovative collection provides a lively exploration of such cultures, with all their implicit ironies and contradictions, at the end of the twentieth century. Highlighting the current forms of expression - music, style, fashion, entertainment - and the richness of youth culture′s historical and contemporary variety, the contributors address key issues including: why young people are seen as at risk from popular culture; how late modernity affects changing shifts in gender relations; how young people relate to texts, from th |