1st Edition
The Sociology of Youth Culture and Youth Subcultures (Routledge Revivals) Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll?
By Michael Brake
Copyright 1980
214 Pages
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Routledge
214 Pages
by
Routledge
214 Pages
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Routledge
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First published in 1980, this book argues that subcultures are formed in defence of collectively experienced problems that arise from defects and contradictions in social structures. Mike Brake looks at the development of post-war youth culture in a sociological context and considers the class base of youth subcultures, showing that they generate a form of collective identity from which an... Read more
Introduction 1. The use of subculture as an analytical tool in sociology 2. Street-wise- the delinquent subculture in sociological theory in Britain and the United States 3. The tippers and the trashers- bohemian and radical traditions in youth culture 4. Bread in Babylon. Black and brown youth 5. The invisible girl. The culture of femininity versus masculinity 6. Subcultures, manufacture culture and the economy. Some consideration of the future; Bibliography; Index
Biography
Brake, Michael
