Louts and Legends

Male youth culture in an inner-city school

J. C. Walker (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

206 Seiten

1988
Allen & Unwin (Verlag)
978-0-04-330392-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Jim Walker PhD teaches education at the University of Sydney and is the author of works on educational policy and the curriculum. He is putting the finishing touches to his next book, Learning Culture: Teachers and students in an inner city school.

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Notes on the text

Preface

PART I: INTRODUCTION

1. Youth culture: a case study

PART II: MALE YOUTH CULTURE IN AN INNER-CITY SCHOOL

2. The competitors

3. Australians too

4. The ways men act

5. Winners and losers

PART III: CONCLUSION

6. Youth culture, education and social policy

Appendix: Researchers and subjects

Lexicon of cultural terms

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-04-330392-7 / 0043303927
ISBN-13	978-0-04-330392-4 / 9780043303924
Zustand	Neuware