1st Edition
Comparative Youth Culture The Sociology of Youth Cultures and Youth Subcultures in America, Britain and Canada
By Mike Brake
Copyright 1985
238 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
238 Pages
by
Routledge
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Mike Brake suggests that subcultures develop in response to social problems which a group experiences collectively, and shows how individuals draw on collective identities to define themselves.
Chapter 1 The use of subculture as an analytical tool in sociology; Chapter 2 Street-wise. The delinquent subculture in sociological theory in the United States; Chapter 3 Just another brick in the wall. British studies of working-class youth cultures; Chapter 4 The trippers and the trashers —bohemian and radical traditions of youth; Chapter 5 Hustling, breaking and rapping—black and brown youth; Chapter 6 ‘Take off eh!’—Youth culture in Canada; Chapter 7 The invisible girl—the culture of femininity versus masculinism; Chapter 8 No future? Subcultures, manufactured cultures and the economy; Bibliography Index;
Biography
Michael Brake
`... written with deep sympathy ...' - Comparative Education