Youth Cultures by Vered Amit, Helena Wulff - 9781032367217

Youth CulturesA Cross-cultural Perspective\nAuthor(s): Vered Amit, Helena Wulff\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032367217, 978-1032367217\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1995, Youth Cultures critically studies an anthropologically neglected population: the youth. The book broadens the scope for analysing young peoples behaviour by moving away from notions of resistance and deviance and offers a range of ethnographically based studies of different kinds of youth in varied national contexts. From Nepal to Canada, Europe, the Solomon Islands and Algeria, it addresses issues relating to globalisation in Third World cities, ethnic diversity in European cities and consumption practices, and places the lives of these young people in the contexts of wider cultures. Youth Cultures contributes to the general concern in anthropology with rewriting culture, even while it seeks to close particular gaps in studies on youth cul.