Youth Culture Books

New and Published Books

1. Young Chinese in Urban China

   By Alex Cockain

   Series: Routledge Studies on China in Transition

   This book examines the condition of being a young person in China and the way in which changes in various dimensions of urban life have affected Chinese youths' quests to understand themselves. The author examines social factors such as changes in the physical construction of urban neighbourhoods;...

   Published November 27th 2011 by Routledge
2. Learning to Liberate

   Community-Based Solutions to the Crisis in Urban Education

   By Vajra Watson

   Series: Critical Social Thought

   Few problems in education are as pressing as the severe crisis in urban schools. Though educators have tried a wide range of remedies, dismal results persist. This is especially true for low-income youth of color, who drop out of school—and into incarceration—at extremely high rates. The dual...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
3. Keywords in Youth Studies

   Tracing Affects, Movements, Knowledges

   Edited by Nancy Lesko, Susan Talburt

   With recent attention to issues such as youth social exclusion, poverty, school underachievement, school violence, gang activity, sexuality, and youth’s interactions with media and the internet, youth studies has emerged as a significant interdisciplinary field. It has moved beyond its roots in...

   Published August 3rd 2011 by Routledge
4. Making Music in Japan’s Underground

   The Tokyo Hardcore Scene

   By Jennifer Milioto Matsue

   Series: East Asia: History, Politics, Sociology and Culture

   Grounded in the fields of Ethnomusicology, Anthropology, Popular Music Studies, and Japanese Studies, this book explores the underground Tokyo hardcore scene, ultimately asking what play as resistance through performance of the scene tells us about Japanese society in general. Matsue highlights the...

   Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
5. Youth in the Former Soviet South

   Everyday Lives between Experimentation and Regulation

   Edited by Stefan Kirmse

   Series: ThirdWorlds

   This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of youth, in all its diversity, in Muslim Central Asia and the Caucasus. It brings together a range of academic perspectives, including media studies, Islamic studies, the sociology of youth, and social anthropology. While most discussions of youth...

   Published July 5th 2011 by Routledge
6. The Communist Youth League and the Transformation of the Soviet Union, 1917-1932

   By Matthias Neumann

   Series: BASEES/Routledge Series on Russian and East European Studies

   The study of Soviet youth has long lagged behind the comprehensive research conducted on Western European youth culture. In an era that saw the emergence of youth movements of all sorts across Europe, the Soviet Komsomol was the first state-sponsored youth organization, in the first communist...

   Published May 24th 2011 by Routledge
7. Urban Youth in China: Modernity, the Internet and the Self

   By Fengshu Liu

   Series: Routledge Research in Information Technology and Society

   Fengshu Liu situates the lives of Chinese youth and the growth of the Internet against the backdrop of rapid and profound social transformation in China. In 2008, the total of Internet users in China had reached 253 million (in comparison with 22.5 million in 2001). Yet, despite rapid growth, the...

   Published December 20th 2010 by Routledge
8. Geographies of Children, Youth and Families

   An International Perspective

   Edited by Louise Holt

   This edited collection brings together international experts from the vibrant and growing field of geographies of children, youth and families. Designed as an introduction to the topic, this book provides an overview of current conceptual and theoretical debates surrounding geographies of children...

   Published December 14th 2010 by Routledge
9. Sex, Drugs, and Death

   Addressing Youth Problems in American Society

   By Tammy L. Anderson

   Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

   Sex, Drugs, and Death: Addressing Youth Problems in American Society explores how youth lifestyles, identity pursuits, behaviors and activities produce a wide range of social problems in contemporary society. The book focuses on the interconnections between three of the most significant youth...

   Published December 14th 2010 by Routledge
10. The Star and Celebrity Confessional

    Edited by Sean Redmond

    In this book the different manifestations, meanings, and processes of the star and celebrity confessional will be explored. The confessional is taken to be any moment in which a star, celebrity, or fan engages in revelatory acts that are considered to be authentic, heart-felt, and honest....

    Published December 2nd 2010 by Routledge