Youth Culture in Late Modernity
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Youth Culture in Late Modernity by Johan Fornas
Poised between the commercialism of mass consumption and a questioning of prevailing social norms, youth cultures offer a fascinating insight into the social and cultural state of Western societies. This innovative collection provides a lively exploration of such cultures, with all their implicit ironies and contradictions.
`Makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the changing face of "youth culture" in what has come to be known as the "late modern" or "postmodern" age′ - Young People Now
`A scholarly textIt is firmly anchored historically and presents a range of informed theoretical perspectives.... [an] important contribution to the debate about the changing face of `youth culture′, and the broadening ground on which it needs to be explored′ - Reviewing Sociology
Johan Fornäs is Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University in Stockholm and Editor of Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research. His books include Cultural Theory and Late Modernity (1995), In Garageland (1995), Digital Borderlands (2002), Consuming Media (2007) and Signifying Europe (2011).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803988996 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803988990 |
| Title | Youth Culture in Late Modernity |
| Author | Johan Fornas |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 1994-12-13 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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