Contemporary youth culture : an international encyclopedia

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Contemporary youth culture : an international encyclopedia

edited by Shirley Steinberg, Priya Parmar, and Birgit Richard ; Christine Quail, assistant editor

Greenwood Press, 2006

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  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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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  • Section One: Studying Youth Culture Why Study Youth Culture? "Oh Puhleeze?" Learning Youth Culture Youth Subcultures, Postmodernism, and the Media A Critical Geography of Youth Culture Global Youth Hip Hop Globalization and Youth Culture Language and Identitiy in Youth Culture Language and Talk Problematizing the "Problem" Teen: Reconceptionualizing Adolescent Development Adolescent Rites of Passage On Youth and Psychological Investment Stepfamilies in the United States Blending Youth and Organizational Cultures Section Two: Media Culture and Youth Disney and Consumer Culture Ageism, Stereotypes, Television Three-Minute Clip Culture Techno/House, Hip Hop Clubs and Video Advertising and German MTV Raising World Citizens: New Programming for Youth in the United States Japanese Electronic Game Culture Dorama
  • Japanese TV Anime Manga Steal This Article Online hip Hop Culture Instant Messaging and Identity Girl Net Culture Jammer Girl and the WWW Queer Youth and the Media Cripqueers and the Land of Make-Believe Section Three: Youth Identities and Subcultures Girl Culture Eating Disorders and Sexuality Exploring the Culture of "Sluthood" Among Adolescents Queer Punk The Metrosexual and Youth Culture Teddy Boys Idols Remix Culture Industrial Culture Industrial Bands Raggae Emo Music and Youth Culture Discos: From Liberation to Commodification of Pleasure Techno and House Cultures The Elements and Eras of Hip Hop Culture Hip Hop, Wiggahs, and Whiteness Check Me?...No Check YOU! Fashion and the Commodity Society Fashion Brands and Logos Retro Fashion and Techno-Style Wearables Piercing Goth Skateboarding: Between Mainstream and Punk Rock Air & Style Snowboarding Contest Paintball: From Marketing Trees to Sport Public Pedagogy as Spectacle: The Case of the Professional Wrestling Section Four
  • Politics and Youth Activism Youth Mobilization-Strength in Numbers Kids Against Capital Guerilla Journalism Youth Peace-Builders in Community Organizations Youth in the Black Panther Party Borikua Guerrero Youth Organizing SLAM! Genre for Social Activism Feminists' Daughters Contemporay Punk Rock and Activism Teaching and Learning In and Out of School The Power of Rap as a Form of Literacy Hip Hop and Education Transformations Through Hip Hop "I Write for that Shy Little Girl": Spoken Word's Power to Document Exceptional Youth Cultures: A Framework for Instructional Strategies Youth Led Research A Meeting of the Minds The Aesththetic Dimension of Youth Culture Education Punk Rock Performances at Liberty High School Refugee Youth: At Home, in School, In the Community Indentity Formation and Academic Achievement "Pieced" Together The Beauty Incident English and U.S. Culture French Immersion Students in Canada Pop Fiction and Literacy Youth Culture and Creative Literacy Organized Youth Sport and Its Alternatives C.H.A.O.S. Young Organic Intellectuals in NYC About the Editors and Contributors Kinderculture and Marketing: From Toys to Harry Potter Youth Culture and Video Games Otaku

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