"Authenticity is much sought after; being described as inauthentic is an insult or an embarrassment. Being authentic suggests that a given behaviour or performance is reflective of a 'trueness' or 'genuineness' to one's identity. From a social science perspective there is someti…
Mit Antisemitismus in Jugendkulturen hat sich die sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung bislang nur wenig beschäftigt. Dieser Sammelband beleuchtet die Rolle und Wirkungsmacht des Antisemitismus in der Sozialisation junger Menschen und nimmt dabei unterschiedliche jugendkulturelle K…
Mit Antisemitismus in Jugendkulturen hat sich die sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung bislang nur wenig beschäftigt. Dieser Sammelband beleuchtet die Rolle und Wirkungsmacht des Antisemitismus in der Sozialisation junger Menschen und nimmt dabei unterschiedliche jugendkulturelle K…
Offering an in-depth sociological analysis of the movement, this book follows the lives of dozens of straight-edge youths, showing how for these young men and women, and thousands of others worldwide, the adoption of the straight-edge doctrine as a way to better themselves evolv…
Straight edge is a clean-living youth movement that emerged from the punk rock subculture in the early 1980s. Its basic tenets promote a drug-free, tobacco-free, and sexually responsible lifestyle-tenets that, on the surface, seem counter to those typical of teenage rebellion. F…
Band members, fans, and others involved describe several aspects of the "American Hardcore" punk music scene during its peak, 1980-86. Also includes a discography.
