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Author Brake, Mike.

Title Comparative Youth Culture : The Sociology of Youth Cultures and Youth Subcultures in America, Britain and Canada / Michael Brake
Published London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1985
1985

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Description 228 pages
Contents Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; The use of subculture as an analytical tool in sociology; Street-wise. The delinquent subculture in sociological theory in the United States; Just another brick in the wall. British studies of working-class youth cultures; The trippers and the trashers; bohemian and radical traditions of youth; Hustling, breaking and rapping; black and brown youth; 'Take off eh!'; Youth culture in Canada; The invisible girl; the culture of femininity versus masculinism; No future? Subcultures, manufactured cultures and the economy; Bibliography; Index
Summary 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
Analysis Young persons Subcultures
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 199-224
Notes Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to EBL (Ebook Library)
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Subject Subculture -- Cross-cultural studies.
Subculture -- Canada.
Subculture -- Great Britain.
Subculture -- United States.
Subculture.
Youth -- Cross-cultural studies.
Youth -- Canada.
Youth -- Great Britain.
Youth -- United States.
Adolescent [MESH]
Adolescent.
Culture [MESH]
Culture.
Sociology [MESH]
Sociology.
Author Ebooks Corporation.
LC no. 84027633
ISBN 0710098987