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Youth Subcultures uses a cultural studies lens to explore contemporary American youth subcultures such as skateboarding, punk, Goth, and raves in a brief, flexible, and inexpensive reader.
Part of the Longman Topics reader series, this collection of lively essays on controversial subcultures helps students think critically about contemporary culture and issues such as class, race, and gender as well as language, identity, and ritual. Youth Subcultures also contains a variety of writing genres that range from personal creative non-fiction to interviews to traditional research and argumentative essays. Rather than write about topics beyond their experience, students can examine their own experiences critically as they engage an exciting and accessible scholarly field.
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** indicate essays written by undergraduate students.
Rhetorical Contents
Related Readings
Preface
Introduction
I. ROOTS AND ORIGINS
1. Youth Activism in the 1990s, Michael Dennis
2. The Rainbow Family Gathering, Catherine Walsh
3. The Lords of Dogtown, G. Beato
4. Nortena Slang Dictionary, Yoly A. Carillo and Arielle Greenberg **
5. Heavy Metal’s Proud Pariahs, Deena Weinstein
II. FITTING IN AND COMING TOGETHER
1. Bboy Style on the Eastside–Austin, Texas, Sasha Vliet
2. The Homeless Community of the Piers, Rob Maitra
3. Thoughts on the Movie Afro-Punk, Mimi Nguyen
4. A Report on Anime Central 2004, Heidi Schubert **
5. My Life as an Enterprise Slash Writer, Kylie Lee
III. MYTHS AND TRUTHS
1. From Geeks to Freaks: Goths and the Middle Class, Amy Wilkins
2. How the Internet is Changing Straightedge, J. Patrick Williams
3. My Night as a Wiccan, Sarah Norton **
4. She Rips When She Skates, Natalie Porter
5. A Different View of Hackers, Zhi Zhu **
IV. MERCHANDISE, COMMERCIALISM AND CO-OPTING THE SCENE
1. The Year that Punk Broke Me, Arielle Greenberg
2. Towards a Critical Understanding of "Asian Cute Culture", Adrienne Lai
3. So Emo it Hurts, Emily Lamison **
4. Economic Status and Raving, Christina Robinson **
5. Street Skateboarding and the Government Stamp of Approval, Robert Rundquist
V. DROPPING OUT AND DROPPING BACK IN
1. The Graying of Aquarius, Jerry Adler
2. Growing Up and Out of the Rave Scene, Johanna Hoadley
3. Deadheads Yesterday and Today: An Audience Study, Melissa McCray Pattacini
4. Too Dirty to be a Hobo?, John Lennon
5. A Straightedger’s Journey, Robert Wood
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Summary
Youth Subcultures uses a cultural studies lens to explore contemporary American youth subcultures such as skateboarding, punk, Goth, and raves in a brief, flexible, and inexpensive reader.
