Youth Subcultures | 0:e upplagan

** indicate essays written by undergraduate students.

Rhetorical Contents

Related Readings

Preface

Introduction

I. ROOTS AND ORIGINS

1.Youth Activism in the 1990s, Michael Dennis

2.The Rainbow Family Gathering, Catherine Walsh

3.The Lords of Dogtown, G. Beato

4.Nortena Slang Dictionary, Yoly A. Carillo and Arielle Greenberg **

5.Heavy Metal’s Proud Pariahs, Deena Weinstein

II. FITTING IN AND COMING TOGETHER

1. Bboy Style on the Eastside–Austin, Texas, Sasha Vliet

2. The Homeless Community of the Piers, Rob Maitra

3. Thoughts on the Movie Afro-Punk, Mimi Nguyen

4.A Report on Anime Central 2004, Heidi Schubert **

5. My Life as an EnterpriseSlash Writer, Kylie Lee

III. MYTHS AND TRUTHS

1.From Geeks to Freaks:  Goths and the Middle Class, Amy Wilkins

2. How the Internet is Changing Straightedge, J. Patrick Williams

3.My Night as a Wiccan, Sarah Norton **

4. She Rips When She Skates, Natalie Porter 

5.A Different View of Hackers, Zhi Zhu **

IV. MERCHANDISE, COMMERCIALISM AND CO-OPTING THE SCENE

1. The Year that Punk Broke Me, Arielle Greenberg

2. Towards a Critical Understanding of "Asian Cute Culture", Adrienne Lai

3.So Emo it Hurts, Emily Lamison **

4.Economic Status and Raving, Christina Robinson **

5. Street Skateboarding and the Government Stamp of Approval, Robert Rundquist

V. DROPPING OUT AND DROPPING BACK IN

1. The Graying of Aquarius, Jerry Adler

2. Growing Up and Out of the Rave Scene, Johanna Hoadley

3. Deadheads Yesterday and Today: An Audience Study, Melissa McCray Pattacini

4. Too Dirty to be a Hobo?, John Lennon

5. A Straightedger’s Journey, Robert Wood   

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