1st Edition
Louts and Legends Male youth culture in an inner-city school
By J. C. Walker
Copyright 1988
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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For five years, Jim Walker followed the stories of four groups of young men, from their last years at an inner-city high school to their early twenties. Louts and Legends is a rich portrayal of their ways of life, their responses to school and teachers, and their experience of job-seeking, employment, unemployment, further education and training. Louts and Legends presents a unique perspective... Read more
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Notes on the text
Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Youth culture: a case study
PART II: MALE YOUTH CULTURE IN AN INNER-CITY SCHOOL
2. The competitors
3. Australians too
4. The ways men act
5. Winners and losers
PART III: CONCLUSION
6. Youth culture, education and social policy
Appendix: Researchers and subjects
Lexicon of cultural terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations
Notes on the text
Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Youth culture: a case study
PART II: MALE YOUTH CULTURE IN AN INNER-CITY SCHOOL
2. The competitors
3. Australians too
4. The ways men act
5. Winners and losers
PART III: CONCLUSION
6. Youth culture, education and social policy
Appendix: Researchers and subjects
Lexicon of cultural terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Jim Walker PhD teaches education at the University of Sydney and is the author of works on educational policy and the curriculum. He is putting the finishing touches to his next book, Learning Culture: Teachers and students in an inner city school.
