{"product_id":"teenage-wasteland-book-donna-gaines-9780060974770","title":"Teenage Wasteland","description":"\u003ci\u003eTeenage Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eTeenage Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful book.--Samuel G. Freedman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere 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, \u003ci\u003eTransition\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn 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, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe best book on contemporary youth culture.--\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49867733860625,"sku":"CIN006097477XA","price":6.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343015776529,"sku":"CIN006097477XG","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51743709200657,"sku":"CIN006097477XVG","price":6.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/006097477X.jpg?v=1751100367","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/teenage-wasteland-book-donna-gaines-9780060974770","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}