Louts and Legends (eBook)

Male youth culture in an inner-city school

J. C. Walker (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
206 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-1-000-25778-6 (ISBN)

Infos

For five years, Jim Walker followed the stories of four groups of young men, from their last years at an inner-city high school to their early twenties. Louts and Legends is a rich portrayal of their ways of life, their responses to school and teachers, and their experience of job-seeking, employment, unemployment, further education and training.Louts and Legends presents a unique perspective on Australian culture, showing the problems, achievements, and social context of four distinct cultural styles: the macho 'Aussie' culture of the footballers; the competitive challenge of the Greeks; the 'nice guy' friendliness of the handballers; the artistic aspirations of the stigmatised three friends.The interview and participant observation data gathered over a long period contains fresh insights on youth culture as well as moving individual stories. The findings in this book pose a challenge to educational and social policy, but they also offer realistic suggestions for teachers, youth workers, parents and for other young people.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.7.2020
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Pädagogische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 1-000-25778-9 / 1000257789
• ISBN-13: 978-1-000-25778-6 / 9781000257786