Cool Places: Geographies of Youth Cultures Contributor(s): Skelton, Tracey (Editor), Valentine, Gill (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415149215 ISBN-13: 9780415149211 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $68.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: Music, drugs, clubbing and travel--this is the popular image of what it means to be young. However, young people's lives are also busy with the everyday realities of home, school and work. The engaging essays in "Cool Places" explore the dichotomy of youthful lives by addressing the issues of representation and resistance in youth culture today. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Human Geography |
LCCN: 97012259 |
Series: Rewriting Histories |
Physical Information: 0.93" H x 6.16" W x 9.2" (1.68 lbs) 400 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Cool Places explores the contrasting experiences of contemporary youth. The chapters draw on techno music and ecstasy in Germany, clubbing in London, global backpacking and gangs in Santa Cruz as well as expereinces at home, on the streets and seeking employment. The contributors use these examples to explore representation and resistance and geographical concepts of scale and place in young people's lives within social, cultural and feminist studies to focus upon the complexities of youth cultures and their spatial representations and interactions. Contributors: Shane Blackman, Sophie Bowlby, Myrna Margulies Breitbart, Deborah Chambers, Luke Deforges, Claire Dwyer, Keith Hetherington, Cindi Katz, Heinz-Herman Kruger, Marion Leonard, Sally Lloyd Evans, Tim Lucas, Sara McNamee, Ben Malbon, Doreen Massey, Robina Mohammad, David Oswell, David Parker, Birgit Richard, Susan Ruddick, Tracey Skelton, Fiona Smith, Kevin Stevenson, Gill Valentine and Paul Watt |