Understanding street culture: poverty, crime, youth and cool

"An insightful and theoretically informed overview of street culture in various parts of the world - its origins, functions, manifestations and appeal - examining both its bearing on criminal lifestyles and on the cultivation of 'cool.' Contemporary examples and original research are...

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Main Author: Ilan, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York, NY Palgrave Macmillan 2015
In:Year: 2015
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 9 E 2657
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Keywords:
Inner cities
Street life
City life
Crime
urban youth > Social conditions
Urban poor > Social conditions
Sociology, Urban
Crime > Sociological aspects
Crime in popular culture
urban youth > Social life and customs
Adolescent Psychology
Stadtleben > Jugendbande > Jugendkriminalität > Jugendkultur > Stadtsoziologie
Großstadt > Jugend > Armut > Jugendkriminalität > Subkultur
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Summary:"An insightful and theoretically informed overview of street culture in various parts of the world - its origins, functions, manifestations and appeal - examining both its bearing on criminal lifestyles and on the cultivation of 'cool.' Contemporary examples and original research are used to evidence new ways of thinking about street culture today"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:X, 205 S., Ill, 24 cm
ISBN:978-1-137-02858-7
978-1-137-02859-4