Teenage wasteland
Subtitle: suburbia's dead end kids
By: Donna Gaines ; with a new afterword.
Edition: University of Chicago Press ed.
Publisher: University of Chicago Pess
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Teenagers -- New Jersey -- Bergenfield -- Case studies.; Suburban life -- New Jersey -- Bergenfield -- Case studies.; Teenagers -- New Jersey -- Bergenfield -- Social life and customs -- Case studies.; Alienation (Social psychology) -- New Jersey -- Bergenfield -- Case studies.; Teenagers -- Suicidal behavior -- New Jersey -- Bergenfield -- Case studies.
Description: Teenage Wasteland provides memorable portraits of "rock and roll kids" and analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. A powerful indictment of the often manipulative media coverage of youth crises and so-called alternative programs designed to help "troubled" teens, Teenage Wasteland draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1990.
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1991.