Comparative youth culture : the sociology of youth cultures and youth subcultures in America, Britain, and Canada

Comparative youth culture : the sociology of youth cultures and youth subcultures in America, Britain, and Canada / Michael Brake.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brake, Mike
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1985.
Subjects:
Youth > United States.
Youth > Great Britain.
Youth > Canada.
Subculture > United States.
Sociology.
Culture.
Subculture.
sociology.
culture note.
culture (concept)
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Adolescence.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Teenagers.
Sociology
Culture
Subculture
Youth
Jongeren.
Subcultuur.
Canada
Great Britain
United States
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Table of 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.

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