Youth Cultures

Paul Hodkinson

ISBN 10: 0415802407 / ISBN 13: 9780415802406

Published by Routledge Apr 2009, 2009

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Youth Cultures offers a comprehensive outline of youth cultural studies in the twenty-first century, with reference to a range of new research case studies. Featuring both well known and emerging scholars from the UK, the US and mainland Europe, the book addresses core theoretical and methodological developments before going on to examine key substantive themes in the study of young people's identities and lifestyles. These include questions of commerce, power and politics, issues of gender and ethnicity, uses of place and space and impacts of new media and communications. Simultaneously offering an accessible introduction and a range of new contributions to the subject area, Youth Cultures will appeal to both students and academics within a range of disciplines, including sociology, media and cultural studies, youth studies and popular music studies. 280 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Youth Cultures
• Publisher: Routledge Apr 2009
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415802407
• ISBN 13: 9780415802406
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 152H x 17D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 152 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 459 grams

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Synopsis

Youth Cultures offers a comprehensive outline of youth cultural studies in the twenty-first century, with reference to a range of new research case studies. Featuring both well known and emerging scholars from the UK, the US and mainland Europe, the book addresses core theoretical and methodological developments before going on to examine key substantive themes in the study of young people's identities and lifestyles. These include questions of commerce, power and politics, issues of gender and ethnicity, uses of place and space and impacts of new media and communications. Simultaneously offering an accessible introduction and a range of new contributions to the subject area, Youth Cultures will appeal to both students and academics within a range of disciplines, including sociology, media and cultural studies, youth studies and popular music studies.

About the Author

Paul Hodkinson is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey, UK.

Wolfgang Deicke is Tutor in Politics at Ruskin College, Oxford.