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Title Subcultural theory : traditions and concepts / J. Patrick Williams.
Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2011.

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Series --For dummies.
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-211) and index.
Contents 1. Subcultural theory -- 2. Theoretical and methodological traditions -- American traditions I: the Chicago School and urban ethnography -- American traditions II: deviance and strain -- British traditions I: the Birmingham School and cultural studies -- British traditions II: from the Manchester School to post-subcultural studies -- Back to subculture: the symbolic interactionist tradition -- 3. Race, gender, and subcultural experience -- From tsotsis to gangstas: "a living record" of race and masculinity -- Negotiating the masculine bias: gender and "the master's tools" -- 4. Style / with Jeffrey L. Kidder -- From consumption to subcultural style -- Homology: ideology, image, and practice -- Semiotic homologies: teddy boys, skinheads, mods, and punks -- Ethnographic homologies: rockers, hippies, messengers, and homegirls -- The value of style: diffusion and defusion -- 5. Resistance -- Power and hegemony -- Multiple dimensions of resistance -- Passive: active -- Micro: macro -- Overt: covert -- 6. Labels and moral panics -- From social reaction theory to a sociology of moral panics -- From music-lovers to satanic killers: endless cycles of subcultural folk devils -- Raves, drugs, and postmodern media -- 7. Identity and authenticity -- Insiders and outsiders -- Status hierarchies -- 8. Scales -- Sociological scales -- Spatial scales -- 9. Related fields / with Elizabeth Cherry -- Social movements -- Collective identity -- Lifestyle politics -- Participatory cultures and fandom -- Parallels -- Tensions -- 10. A final note on concepts.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Perth, W.A. Available via World Wide Web.
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Subject Subculture.
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ISBN 9780745637327 (electronic bk.)
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UPC # 60001406209
OCLC # EBC1175962
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