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

    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