1st Edition

Working Class Youth Culture

Edited By Geoff Mungham, Geoff Pearson Copyright 1976
177 Pages
by Routledge

177 Pages
by Routledge

177 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1976, Working Class Youth Culture offers a much-needed alternative viewpoint to the law-and-order lobby which treats the youth question as a dreadful pest to be exterminated or caged in. The contributors describe the real conditions of life for working-class youth; how they make sense of the world; and how we can understand their perspective. The subjects discussed include... Read more

Preface Contributors Introduction Geoff Mungham and Geoff Pearson 1. Youth and Class Graham Murdock and Robin McCron 2. Boys Will be Men Howard Parker 3. ‘Paki-bashing’ in a North East Lancashire Cotton Town Geoff Pearson 4. Youth in Pursuit of Itself Geoff Mungham 5. Beyond the Skinheads Ian Taylor and David Wall 6. When Pupils and the Teachers Refuse a Trace David Reynolds 7. Working Class Youth Cultures John Clarke and Tony Jefferson Bibliography

Biography

Geoff Mungham and Geoff Pearson