| Young People, Risk and Leisure: Constructing Identities in Everyday Life 2004 Edition Contributor(s): Mitchell, W. (Editor), Bunton, R. (Editor), Green, E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1349721247 ISBN-13: 9781349721245 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports - Science |
| Dewey: 302.12 |
| Physical Information: 0.61" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.77 lbs) 257 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Social theorists have claimed that modern life is increasingly risky and uncertain and is profoundly effecting experiences of everyday-life and our sense of self. Drawing upon empirical and theoretical work of young people's risk-taking and leisure, this book examines such claims in detail. Indeed, young people interviewed tell their own stories of balancing the pleasures and anxieties of such everyday risks as drug-taking, prostitution, gang-life, aggressive driving, drinking and sex. |