Youth Culture in Late Modernity

by Johan Fornas (Editor), Goran Bolin (Editor)

Overview

Poised between the commercialism of mass consumption and a questioning of prevailing social norms, youth cultures offer a fascinating insight into the social and cultural state of Western societies. This innovative collection provides a lively exploration of such cultures, with all their implicit ironies and contradictions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803988996
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	02/16/1995
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)

Table of Contents

Youth, Culture and Modernity - Johan Fornäs
The History of High and Low Culture - Ulf Bo[e with an umlaut above it}ethius
Youth, the Media and Moral Panics - Ulf Bo[e with an umlaut above it]ethius
The Media in Public and Private Spheres - Bo Reimer
The Shop, the Home and Femininity as a Masquerade - Hillevi Ganetz
Consistency and Change in the Lifeworld of Young Women - Sabina Holstein-Beck
Youth and Modern Lifestyles - Bo Reimer
Controlled Pleasures - Ulf Bo[e with an umlaut above it]ethius
Youth and Literary Texts

Editorial Reviews

‘Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the changing face of "youth culture" in what has come to be known as the "late modern" or "postmodern" age' - Young People Now

‘A scholarly text. It is firmly anchored historically and presents a range of informed theoretical perspectives.... [an] important contribution to the debate about the changing face of ‘youth culture', and the broadening ground on which it needs to be explored' - Reviewing Sociology

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