Teenage Wasteland by Donna Gaines

Teenage Wasteland by Donna Gaines

Teenage Wasteland provides memorable portraits of rock and roll kids and shrewd analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. A powerful indictment of the often manipulative media coverage of youth crises and so-called alternative programs designed to help troubled teens, Teenage Wasteland draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids.

A powerful book.--Samuel G. Freedman, New York Times Book Review

Gaines] sheds light on a poorly understood world and raises compelling questions about what society might do to help this alienated group of young people.--Ann Grimes, Washington Post Book World

There is no comparable study of teenage suburban culture . . . and very few ethnographic inquiries written with anything like Gaines's native gusto or her luminous eye for detail.--Andrew Ross, Transition

An outstanding case study. . . . Gaines shows how teens engage in cultural production and how such social agency is affected by economic transformations and institutional interventions.--Richard Lachman, Contemporary Sociology

The best book on contemporary youth culture.--Rolling Stone

DONNA GAINES has written for Rolling Stone, MS, the Village Voice, Spin, Newsday and Salon. Her work has been published in fanzines, trade and scholarly collections, journals and textbooks. A sociologist, journalist and New York State Licensed Master Social Worker, Dr. Gaines has taught sociology at Barnard College of Columbia University, the Graduate Faculty of New School University. Since 2013, she has taught social science, music, youth and community studies at Empire State College of the State University of New York. An ocean activist, Gaines also works as an Usui Reiki Master Healer/Teacher with a special interest in spirituality and recovery.

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ISBN 13	9780060974770
ISBN 10	006097477X
Title	Teenage Wasteland
Author	Donna Gaines
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	1992-05-01
Number of pages	272
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