Contemporary youth culture : an international encyclopedia / [electronic resource]
Steinberg, Shirley R.,1952-
Parmar, Priya.
Richard, Birgit.
Credo Reference (Firm)
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press,
2006
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Section One: Studying Youth Culture -- Oh puhleeze? : learning youth culture / Rebecca A. Goldstein -- Youth subcultures, postmodernism, and the media / David Muggleton -- A critical geography of youth culture / Robert J. Helfenbein -- Global youth / Bart Vautour -- Hip hop globalization and youth culture / Jennifer Kelly -- Language and identity in youth culture / Stacey Duncan -- Language and talk / David Poveda -- Problematizing the "problem" teen : reconceptualizing adolescent development / Kathryn Herr -- Adolescent rites of passage / Lynn M. Hoffman -- On youth and psychological investment / Anthony M. Roselli -- Stepfamilies in the United States / Keisha McGhee Love -- Blending youth and organizational cultures / Rebecca L. Carver --
Section Two: Media Culture and Youth -- MTV : killing the radio star / Joe L. Kincheloe -- Three-minute clip culture / Birgit Richard -- Techno/house, hip hop clubs, and videos / Birgit Richard and Heinz-Hermann Kruger -- Advertising and German MTV / Klaus Neumann-Braun -- Ageism, stereotypes, television / Myrna Hant -- Raising world citizens : news programming for youth in the United States and the lost language of democracy / Carl Bybee -- Steal this article / Peter Dachille Jr. -- Dorama : Japanese TV / Serena Parris Larrain -- Youth culture and video games / Roymieco A. Carter -- Japanese electronic game culture / Machiko Kusahara -- Otaku / Lawrence Eng -- Manga / Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear -- Anime / Lien Shen -- Instant messaging and identity / Gloria E. Jacobs -- Cyberchicks and netgrrls : female net culture / Birgit Richard -- Jammer girl and the World Wide Web / Debra Merskin -- Online hip hop culture / Jannis K. Androutsopoulos -- Kinderculture and marketing : from toys to Harry Potter / Peter Pericles Trifonas and Effie Balomenos -- Disney and consumer culture / Christine Quail -- Cripqueers and the land of make-believe / Santiago Solis -- Queer youth and the media / Rob Linn�e --
Section Three: Youth Identities and Subcultures -- Alternative girl culture / Birgit Richard -- Eating disorders and sexuality / Ellen Essick -- Exploring the culture of "sluthood" among adolescents / Wendy Walter-Bailey and Jesse Goodman -- Queer punk / Bart Vautour -- The metrosexual and youth culture / Rodney E. Lippard -- Teddy boys / Heinz-Hermann Kruger -- The importance of idols in adolescence / Birgit Richard and Heinz-Hermann Kruger -- Remix culture / Bart Vautour -- Industrial culture / Birgit Richard -- Industrial bands / Birgit Richard -- Reggae / Olaf Karnik -- Emo music and youth culture / Brian Bailey -- Discos : from liberation to commodification of pleasure / Elena Duque -- Techno and house cultures / Birgit Richard -- The elements and eras of hip hop culture / James Peterson -- Hip hop, wiggahs, and whiteness / Melanie E.L. Bush -- Check me? No check you! / Regina Bernard -- Fashion, brands, and logos / Birgit Richard -- Retro / Heike Jenss -- Fashion and techno-style / Birgit Richard -- Wearables / Birgit Richard -- Piercing / Gabriele Mentges -- Goth / Birgit Richard -- Skateboarding : between mainstream and punk rock / Curry Malott -- Air & style snowboarding contest / Klaus Neumann-Braun and Axel Schmidt -- Paintball : from marking trees to sport / Shirley R. Steinberg -- Public pedagogy as spectacle : the case of professional wrestling / Peter Pericles Trifonas --
Section Four: Politics and Youth Activism -- Youth mobilization : strength in numbers / Faith Bynoe -- Kids against capital / Pepi Leistyna -- Guerrilla journalism / Drew Traulsen -- Youth peace-builders in community organizations / Leonisa Ardizzone -- Youth in the Black Panther Party / J. Vern Cromartie -- A Borikua guerrero youth organizing / Joseph Carroll-Miranda -- SLAM! : genre for social activism / Stacey Miller -- Feminist's daughters / Ainhoa Flecha -- Third wave feminism / Rhonda Hammer -- Contemporary punk rock and activism / Leonisa Ardizzone --
Section Five: Teaching and Learning In and Out of School -- The power of rap as a form of literacy / Priya Parmar -- Hip hop and education / Rob Haworth, Joseph Carroll-Miranda, and Eric Alvarez -- Transformations through hip hop / Mary Stone Hanley -- I write for that shy little girl : spoken word's power to document / Shiv Desai and Tyson Marsh -- Youth led research / Rebecca L. Carver and Jonathon London -- A meeting of minds / Shula Klinger -- The aesthetic dimension of youth culture education / Leila E. Villaverde -- Punk performances at Liberty High School / Rebecca Skulnick -- Refugee youth : at home, in school, in the community / Elizabeth Quintero -- Identity formation and academic achievement "pieced" together / Ruthann Mayes-Elma -- The beauty incident / Carolina Mancuso -- English and U.S. culture / Jungkang Kim -- French immersion students in Canada / Josee Makropoulos -- Pop fiction and literacy / Grant Wilson and Peter Pericles Trifonas -- Youth culture and creative literacy / Pam Joyce -- Organized youth sport and its alternatives / Handel Kashope Wright and Tatiana V. Ryba -- C.H.A.O.S. / Mary E. Weems -- Young organic intellectuals in NYC / Regina Bernard.
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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