This book examines the hipster and the current cultural impasse by going beyond 'going-against-the-grain.'
A study of heavy-metal music and its performers, and its message about American adolescents.
A look back at the legacy of the 1960s blames the pundits of the cultural revolution for high rates of poverty and underemployment in America in the following decades.
A young woman and her nineteen-month-old daughter are last seen alive at a child's clothing store. A troubled young man's obsession with the currently popular vampire culture's larger-than-life charisma becomes the center of a police investigation. The current fascination with v…
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "What Is a Nerd? -- 1 Talk Nerdy to Me: The Meaning of Geek Culture -- 2 Taking Geek Culture Seriously: A Practice-Theoretic Account -- 3 Values and Virtues: What Is Best in Life? -- 4 Careers: Boldly Going On -- 5 Making Com…
"A mix of storytelling, journalism, and original research on a broad range of topics like suburban sprawl, hip-hop culture, wiggers, youth activism, graffiti, and Chicago, Bomb the Suburbs asks, "Should graffiti writers organize to tear up the cities, or should they really be bo…
"A mix of storytelling, journalism, and original research on a broad range of topics like suburban sprawl, hip-hop culture, wiggers, youth activism, graffiti, and Chicago, Bomb the Suburbs asks, "Should graffiti writers organize to tear up the cities, or should they really be bo…