The Sociology of Youth Culture and Youth Subcultures (Routledge Revivals)

Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll?

Michael Brake

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781134077700
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

First published in 1980, this book argues that subcultures are formed in defence of collectively experienced problems that arise from defects and contradictions in social structures. Mike Brake looks at the development of post-war youth culture in a sociological context and considers the class base of youth subcultures, showing that they generate a form of collective identity from which an individual identity can be achieved, outside that ascribed by class, education or occupation. Black youth and young females are two groups given special attention here since Brake notes they are prone to particular problems resulting from the racism and sexism inherent in much youth culture.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Information
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Title Page
• Orginal Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• 1 The Use of Subculture as an Analytical Tool in Sociology
• 2 Street-Wise – The Delinquent Subculture in Sociological Theory in Britain and the United States
• 3 The Trippers and the Trashers – Bohemian and Radical Traditions in Youth Culture
• 4 Dread in Babylon. Black and Brown Youth
• 5 The Invisible Girl. The Culture of Femininity versus Masculinism
• 6 Subcultures, Manufactured Culture and the Economy. Some Considerations of the Future
• Bibliography
• Index