Youth Culture in Late Modernity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780803988996)

Poised between the commercialism of mass consumption and a questioning of prevailing social norms, youth cultures offer a fascinating insight into the social and cultural state of Western societies. This innovative collection provides a lively exploration of such cultures, with all their implicit ironies and contradictions, at the end of the twentieth century.

Highlighting the current forms of expression - music, style, fashion, entertainment - and the richness of youth culture′s historical and contemporary variety, the contributors address key issues including: why young people are seen as at risk from popular culture; how late modernity affects changing shifts in gender relations; how young people relate to texts, from th

Author: Johan Fornas
ISBN-10: 0803988990
ISBN-13: 9780803988996
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Language: English
Published: 02/16/1995
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.23w x 0.61d