Contemporary Youth Culture
Subtitle: An International Encyclopedia
Publisher: Greenwood Press; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: December 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 674
ISBN-13: 9780313337284
Subjects: Life Stages - Adolescence; Family / Parenting / Childbirth
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Section one: studying youth culture. Oh puhleeze? Learning youth culture -- Youth subcultures, postmodernism, and the media -- A critical geography of youth culture -- Global youth -- Hip hop globalization and youth culture -- Language and identity in youth culture -- Language and talk -- Problematizing the "problem" teen: reconceptualizing adolescent development -- Adolescent rites of passage -- On youth and psychological investment -- Stepfamilies in the United States -- Blending youth and organizational cultures -- section two: media culture and youth. MTV: killing the radio star -- Three-minute clip culture -- Techno / house, hip hop clubs and videos -- Advertising and German MTV -- Ageism, stereotypes, television -- Raising world citizens : news programming for youth in the United States and the lost language of democracy -- Steal this article -- Dorama: Japanese TV -- Youth culture and video games -- Japanese electronic game culture -- Otaku -- Manga -- Anime -- Instant messaging and identity -- Cyberchicks and netgrrls : female net culture -- Jammer Girl and the WWW -- Online hip hop culture -- Kinderculture and marketing: from toys to Harry Potter -- Disney and consumer culture -- Cripqueers and the land of make-believe -- Queer youth and the media -- v. 2. Section three: youth identities and subcultures. Alternative girl culture -- Eating disorders and sexuality -- Exploring the culture of "sluthood" among adolescents -- Queer punk -- The metrosexual and youth culture -- Teddy boys -- The importance of idols in adolescence -- Remix culture -- Industrial culture -- Industrial bands -- Reggae -- Emo music and youth culture -- Discos: from liberation to commodification of pleasure -- Techno and house cultures -- The elements and eras of hip hop culture -- Hip hop, wiggahs, and whiteness -- Check me?... no check you! -- Fashion, brands, and logos -- Retro -- Fashion and techno-style -- Wearables -- Piercing -- Goth -- Skateboarding: between mainstream and punk rock -- Air & style snowboarding contest -- Paintball: from marking trees to sport -- Public pedagogy as spectacle: the case of professional wrestling -- Section four: politics and youth activism. Youth mobilization: strength in numbers -- Kids against capital -- Guerilla journalism -- Youth peace-builders in community organizations -- Youth in the Black Panther Party -- a Borikua guerrero youth organizing -- Slam! Genre for social activism -- Feminists' daughters -- Third wave feminism -- Contemporary punk rock and activism -- Section five: teaching and learning in and out of school. The power of rap as a form of literacy -- Hip hop and education -- Transformations through hip hop -- "I write for that shy little girl": spoken word's power to document -- Youth led research -- A meeting of minds -- The aesththetic dimension of youth culture education -- Punk performances at Liberty High School -- Refugee youth : at home, in school, in the community -- Identity formation and academic achievement "pieced" together -- The beauty incident -- English and U.S. culture -- French immersion students in Canada -- Pop fiction and literacy -- Youth culture and creative literacy -- Organized youth sport and its alternatives -- C.H.A.O.S. -- Young organic intellectuals in New York City.