Cool Places: Geographies of Youth Cultures [Hardcover]

Tracey Skelton (Editor), Gill Valentine (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 21, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0415149207 | ISBN-13: 978-0415149204

Cool Places explores the contrasting experiences of contemporary youth. The chapters draw on techno music and ecstasy in Germany, clubbing in London, global backpacking and gangs in Santa Cruz as well as expereinces at home, on the streets and seeking employment. The contributors use these examples to explore representation and resistance and geographical concepts of scale and place in young people's lives within social, cultural and feminist studies to focus upon the complexities of youth cultures and their spatial representations and interactions. Contributors: Shane Blackman, Sophie Bowlby, Myrna Margulies Breitbart, Deborah Chambers, Luke Deforges, Claire Dwyer, Keith Hetherington, Cindi Katz, Heinz-Herman Kruger, Marion Leonard, Sally Lloyd Evans, Tim Lucas, Sara McNamee,Ben Malbon, Doreen Massey, Robina Mohammad, David Oswell, David Parker, Birgit Richard, Susan Ruddick, Tracey Skelton, Fiona Smith, Kevin Stevenson, Gill Valentine and Paul Watt

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About the Author

Tracey Skelton is a Lecturer in the Department of International Studies, Nottingham Trent University. She is the co-author of Feminist Geographies, and is editor of a forthcoming book from Routledge, Culture and Global Change. Gill Valentine is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography, Sheffield University. She is the co-editor of Mapping Desire (Routledge, 1995). --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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People who don't know or who aren't aware of the culture, see someone in baggy jeans and a blue sweatshirt whatever, and the thought is "Oh he's a gang member." And a lot of times kids can't help it . . . Because even if you're not a gang member, for example if you live in the Villa San Carlos. It's a given you're going to wear loose jeans with a blue sweatshirt. . .It's the environment that the kids live in . . . cops assume they're gangbangers because of the way they dress." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 400 pages
• Publisher: Routledge (November 21, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415149207
• ISBN-13: 978-0415149204
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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