Youth Culture and Private Space [electronic resource] /
Lincoln, S.author.
Siân Lincoln considers the use, role and significance of private spaces in the lives of young people. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, she explores the place of 'the private' in youth cultural discourses, both historically and contemporarily, that until now have remained largely absent in youth cultural research.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; My bedroom(s); Youth culture; Private space; 1 Exploring the Private in Traditional Youth Cultural Theory and Beyond; Private space and traditional subcultural theory; Youth culture beyond the CCCS: creating room for the private?; Conclusions; 2 Researching Young People's 'Private' Space; Ethnography and the study of young people's private space; 'Keep out!!!' The problem with ethnography in young people's private spaces; My approach; Finding participants, gaining access to young people's private space
'How did you get into young people's bedrooms?' The ethics of research in young people's private spacesConclusions; 3 The Role of Private Space in Contemporary Youth Culture; What is a young person's bedroom for?; Family dynamics, 'age' and bedroom use; Teenage bedrooms as 'sites of transition'; Bedrooms and contemporary youth cultures: public versus private spaces; Bedrooms: from private to social spaces; Conclusions; 4 Young People, Bedrooms and Materiality; Materiality in traditional 'bedroom culture'; Materiality, consumption and 'bedroom culture'; Conclusions
5 Mediating Young People's Bedrooms: 'Zoning' Bedroom CulturesYoung people, the media and everyday life; 'Traditional' bedroom culture and the media; 'Contemporary' bedroom culture and the media; 'Zoning' young people's bedroom spaces; Conclusions; 6 Mediating Young People's Bedrooms: The 'Virtual Bedroom'?; Using spatial metaphors; Virtual bedrooms as 'identity spaces'; Social network media as extensions of bedrooms; Virtual bedrooms as 'transitional' spaces; Bedrooms as 'portals of communication'; Conclusions; Conclusion: Youth Culture and Private Space; Which (bedroom) door to open next?
NotesBibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Siân Lincoln considers the use, role and significance of private spaces in the lives of young people. Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, she explores the place of 'the private' in youth cultural discourses, both historically and contemporarily, that until now have remained largely absent in youth cultural research.
Communication.
Social groups.
Family.
Youth—Social life and customs.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Cultural studies.
Sociology.
Media Studies.
Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Youth Culture.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Cultural Studies.
Sociology, general.