Freaks, Geeks, and cool kids
Subtitle: American Teenagers, Schools, and the Culture of Consumption
By: by Murray Milner, Jr.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
Subjects: Teenagers; Teenage consumers
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. The puzzle and the tools; title: Why do they behave like that?; title: The tools for understanding; title: Part 2. Explaining teens' behavior; title: Fitting in, standing out, and keeping up; title: Steering clear, hanging out, and hooking up; title: Exchanges, labels, and put downs; title: Part 3. Why schools vary; title: The pluralistic high school; title: Other kinds of schools; title: Part 4. Teen status systems and consumerism; title: Creating consumers; title: Consuming life.