Youth Cultures in the Age of Global Media [electronic resource] /
Bragg, Sara.author.
Kehily, Mary Jane.author.
Buckingham, D.editor.
This book explores the impact of globalisation and new technologies on youth cultures around the world, from the Birmingham School to the youthscapes of South Korea. In a timely reappraisal of youth cultures in contemporary times, this collection profiles the best of new research in youth studies written by leading scholars in the field.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Rethinking Youth Cultures in the Age of Global Media; Part I: Theorizing Youth Cultures; 1 'What Time Is Now?': Researching Youth and Culture beyond the 'Birmingham School'; 2 Youth and Globalization: Changing Trajectories of Culture and Politics; 3 Historicize This! Contextualism in Youth Media Studies; Part II: The Global and the Local; 4 'My Whole Life Is Here': Tracing Journeys through 'Skinhead'; 5 From Local Gangs to Global Tribes: The Latin Kings and Queens Nation in Catalonia
6 Dissenting Citizenship: South Asian Muslim Youth in the United States after 9/11Part III: Media and Consumption; 7 Looking East: Young Koreans Consuming Japanese Media in the Intra-Asian Youthscape; 8 Learning to Act Your Age: 'Age Imaginaries' and Media Consumption in an English Secondary School; 9 Charver Kids and Pram-face Girls: Working-Class Youth, Representation and Embodied Performance; Part IV: Participation; 10 Youth Media and Its Global Digital Afterlife; 11 Claiming Content and Constructing Users: User-generated Content and BBC Blast
12 Selling Youth: The Paradoxical Empowerment of the Young ConsumerPart V: Politics; 13 Youth Citizenship beyond Consensus: Examining the Role of Satire and Humour for Critical Engagements in Citizenship Education; 14 'I Matter and so Does She': Girl Power, (Post)feminism and the Girl Effect; 15 Politics, Identity, Representation and UK Asian Suburban Youth: Voices from the Margins; Conclusion: Elusive 'Youth'; Index
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
This book explores the impact of globalisation and new technologies on youth cultures around the world, from the Birmingham School to the youthscapes of South Korea. In a timely reappraisal of youth cultures in contemporary times, this collection profiles the best of new research in youth studies written by leading scholars in the field.
Social policy.
Youth-Social life and customs.
Culture-Study and teaching.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Children, Youth and Family Policy.
Youth Culture.
Sociology, general.
Cultural and Media Studies, general.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.