Youth, Murder, Spectacle The Cultural Politics of 'Youth in Crisis'

Charles R. Acland examines the culture that has produced both our heightened state of awareness and the bedrock reality of youth violence in the United States. He compares and juxtaposes a variety of popular cultural representations of what has come to be a perceived crisis of American youth.

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Acland, Charles R

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Charles R. Acland examines the culture that has produced both our heightened state of awareness and the bedrock reality of youth violence in the United States. He compares and juxtaposes a variety of popular cultural representations of what has come to be a perceived crisis of American youth.

Product details

• Authors: Charles R. Acland, Charles R Acland
• Publisher: Perseus Books Uk
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 04.11.1994
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories
• EAN: 9780813322872
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-2287-2
• Pages: 176
• Series: Cultural Studies
• Subjects: Jugendkriminalität, USA, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Kulturwissenschaften, Altersgruppen: Jugendliche, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, Modern Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, United States of America, USA, Age groups: children, Age groups: adolescents, Juvenile offenders, Trash TV, Juvenile Delinquency, Rough Sex, Media criminology, cultural studies methodology, Sierra Nevadas, river's edge, underage drinking, deviance theory, moral panic analysis, American social discourse, media construction of youth violence, visual representation crime, oprah winfrey show, Adult Gaze, Sex Specific Studies, Daytime Talk Show, Sex Specific Crimes, Under-age Drinking, York's Central Park, Youth Films, Chambers's Attorney, Endless Host, Wasted Youth, Sensational Crime, Underage College Students, Chambers's Version