| Description |
358 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: youth subcultures revisited / Rob White -- Part I: Theory. 1. Re-assessing street kids / Gordon Tait -- 2. Youth theory: Marx or Foucault? / Howard Sercombe -- 3. Marxism & subculture / Sean Moysey -- 4. Sub-versions / Sandra Taylor -- 5. Aboriginal young people and youth Subcultures / Dave Palmer & Len Collard -- 6. Islands in the mainstream / Roger Slee & Sandy Cook -- 7. Cultural studies, youth culture & Delinquency / Kerry Carrington -- 8. Australian hip hop as a subculture / Tony Mitchell -- 9. The continuing importance of the 'cultural' in the study of youth / Andy Bennett -- Part II. Research -- 10. 'Youth culture': Disturbing priorities? / Bruce Wilson & Johanna Wyn -- 11. Young people researching their own cultures / Bev Beasley -- 12. Doing ethnography with young people / Rob Watts -- 13. Young women's complex lives and the idea of youth transitions / Jennifer Buchanan -- 14. Youth subcultures, deviancy and the media / Paul Walton -- Part III. History -- 15. On the streets / Lynette Finch -- 16. A patchwork / Judith Bessant -- 17. Bodgies and widgies / Jon Stratton -- 18. Youth, class and Subcultures In Riots at the Bathurst bike races / Chris Cunneen & Rob Lynch -- 19. In: Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Out: Jason Donovan / Carey Denholm -- 20. Reflections on youth subcultures / Kenneth Polk -- Part four: experiences -- 21. Girls, schooling and subcultures of resistance / Linley Walker -- 22. Piercings and passports / Paula Rowe -- 23. Youth-generated cultures in Western Sydney / Linda Forrester -- 24. Young people, dangerous driving and car culture / Hannah Graham & Rob White -- 25. Skateboarders, streets and style / David Snow -- 26. Homies and homebrewz / Miguel d'Souza and Kurt Iveson -- 27. Bubbling acid / Sebastian Chan -- 28. Good Buddha and Tzu / Ben Connor -- 29. Is DIY DOA? / Anita Harris -- 30. Like, I'll tell you what happened from experience ? / Paula M Foote -- 31. Sociality online / Catherine Waite |
| Summary |
This book explores youth subcultures in Australia, from the 1950s to today. It reproduces articles from the journal Youth Studies Australia as well as chapters from the first edition, published in 1993, and the 1999 book, Australian youth subcultures: on the margins and in the mainstream |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
First edition published 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Homeless youth -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Subculture -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Teenagers -- Australia -- Case studies.
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Youth -- Australia -- Attitudes
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Youth -- Australia -- Social life and customs
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
White, R. D. (Robert Douglas), 1956- editor
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Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
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| ISBN |
9781875236640 (paperback) |
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