CONTEMPORARY YOUTH CULTURE by Shirley R. Steinberg, Priya Parmar, Birgit Richard ( 9780313327162 )

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Title:

CONTEMPORARY YOUTH CULTURE
AN INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

By:

Shirley R. Steinberg, Priya Parmar, Birgit Richard

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£144.95
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ISBN 10:

0313327165

ISBN 13:

9780313327162

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO

Pub. date:

1 December, 2005

Pages:

720

Description:

Chronicles how technology, economics, the media and society created the modern concept of youth. This book contains interdisciplinary essays by international scholars; covers larger themes in youth studies, such as class, crime, and homelessness; and also provides a historical timeline that outlines international developments in youth culture.

Synopsis:

Youth as a unique group is a 20th century idea. The changes wrought worldwide by World War II, propelled adolescence to a status and identity that coincided with unparalleled economic growth. While developmental psychologists refined their theories of normal growth and maturation, society and the media were at work constructing youth as consumers,thereby liberating them from traditional family controls. An increasingly smaller world impinges mightily on the culture of youth. An international and inter-disciplinary roster of experts shed light by exploring such topics as hip hop culture; punk culture; social justice movements; video games; political activism; language and identity; post-feminism; television; rites of passage; heterosexuality and homosexuality; race and ethnicity; social class; poetry and literature; visual art; conceptions of beauty and body image; academics; sports; drugs; families; refugee youth; the Internet; youth journalism; fashion; and violence. This authoritative and reliable guide will prove accessible and fascinating to adults and adolescents. Youth as a unique group is a 20th century idea.The changes wrought worldwide by WWII, propelled adolescence to a status and identity that coincided with unparalleled economic growth. While developmental psychologists refined their theories of normal growth and maturation, society and the media were at work constructing youth as consumers,thereby liberating them from traditional family controls. An increasingly smaller world impinges mightily on the culture of youth. An international and inter-disciplinary roster of experts shed light on today's youth culture by exploring such topics as hip hop culture; punk culture; social justice movements; video games; political activism; language and identity; post-feminism; television; rites of passage; heterosexuality and homosexuality; race and ethnicity; social class; poetry and literature; visual art; conceptions of beauty and body image; academics; sports; drugs; families; refugee youth; the Internet; youth journalism; fashion; and violence. Adults and adolescents will find this authoritative and reliable guide accessible and fascinating. In addition to excellent essays, users will find a timeline of contemporaneous international develpments in youth culture.An introductory essay places youth in historical and contemporary contexts and underscores the notion that despite their power as consumers in a market-oriented world, youth are still seen-and see themselves-in contradictory ways. In short, this work brings new understanding to the complex and fluid phenomenon of youth culture.

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halftones

Publication:

Imprint:

Greenwood Press

Returns:

Non-returnable

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