Youth subcultures : exploring underground America
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references.

"Youth Subcultures: Exploring Underground America, by Arielle Greenberg, uses a cultural studies lens to explore contemporary American youth subcultures, such as skateboarding, punk, Goth, and raves, in a brief, flexible, and inexpensive reader." "Features: High-interest readings on American youth subcultures offer students the opportunity to be content experts right from the start of the semester and approach their research through personal life experiences. The variety of writing genres allows for a wide array of potential writing strategies that includes oral histories, academic research, and memoirs. In each chapter, essays by college students as well as professional journalists provide students with realistic models for their own writing. Post-reading "Notebook" questions provide discussion and writing opportunities. "Suggestions for Further Reading" offer launching points for research. An alternate "Rhetorical Contents" accommodates multiple teaching approaches for maximum instructor flexibility. Book jacket."--Jacket.