Youth culture - Jonathon S Epstein

This innovative collection of newly commissioned essays fromleading experts in sociology and cultural studies looks at youthculture through subcultural identity. Youth Culture is the firsttext to bridge sociology and cultural studies in order tounderstand youth identity replacing the outmoded theories based ondeviance. This volume examines the social worlds of young people intheir "natural environments"; suburban bedrooms, shopping malls,rock concerts, and school. In addition, it explores the impact ofthe media and music on youth, using Beavis and Butthead, "grunge",and heavy metal bands as examples of youth subculturalidentity.

Epstein's collection of prominent writers and researchers will giveyou a better understanding of why youths, in particular, are proneto collective identity, and how they achieve their sense of selfthrough fashion, music, sports and entertainment.