Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids

Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids - Paperback

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Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids - Paperback

Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids - Paperback

by Donna Gaines
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Book Overview

by Donna Gaines (Author)

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

Back Jacket

Teenage Wasteland provides memorable portraits of "rock and roll kids" and 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.

Number of Pages: 282
Dimensions: 0.62 x 7.94 x 5.26 IN
Publication Date: April 28, 1998
ISBN9780226278728
Author Donna Gaines
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
GenreBiography, Education, Relationships, and Society & culture
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 1998
LanguageENG- English
Pages282
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Biography & Autobiography Family & Relationships Nonfiction Social Science

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