After Subculture

The concept of subculture has long been of significant importance in research on youth style deviance and popular culture. Although in more recent years subculture has been the subject of sustained critique it still provides a valuable point of reference for study and research. This text offers students an up-to-date and wide-ranging account of new developments in youth culture research that reject refine or reinvent the concept of subculture. Bringing together key theoretical statements with illuminating analyses of particular aspects of youth culture - popular music clubbing body modification the internet etc. - this is an ideal introduction to a diverse and wide-ranging field.