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Critical Youth Studies

About the Book Series

Set against the massive social, cultural, and material dislocations of the new century, Critical Youth Studies interrogates the complex cultural dimensions of young people’s everyday lives today. Drawing together the work of both well known and emerging scholars, this series focuses on "youth studies" as a self-constituting, trans-disciplinary area of inquiry. Operating largely at the specific intersection of education, sociology, and media studies, Critical Youth Studies features authored and edited books, drawing on a range of methods and approaches, treating the span of issues most relevant to youth today.

16 Series Titles


Youth Culture and Sport Identity, Power, and Politics

Youth Culture and Sport: Identity, Power, and Politics

1st Edition

Edited By Michael D. Giardina, Michele K. Donnelly
October 08, 2007

Youth Culture and Sport critically interrogates and challenges contemporary articulations of race, class, gender, and sexual relations circulating throughout popular iterations of youth sporting culture in late-capitalism. Written against the backdrop of important changes in social, cultural, ...

Youth Moves Identities and Education in Global Perspective

Youth Moves: Identities and Education in Global Perspective

1st Edition

Edited By Nadine Dolby, Fazal Rizvi
August 02, 2007

This fascinating collection of original essays seeks to address the possibilities and dangers of young people's transnational, commodified identities; how society and educational institutions might respond to these new identities; and the consequences for democratic practices and the public sphere....

Youth Learning On Their Own Terms Creative Practices and Classroom Teaching

Youth Learning On Their Own Terms: Creative Practices and Classroom Teaching

1st Edition

By Leif Gustavson
March 12, 2007

Youth Learning On Their Own Terms convincingly shows how developing a respect and understanding of the youth-initiated creative practices that occur outside schools can offer educators the opportunity to directly influence their teaching in schools by making classroom spaces personally meaningful ...

Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth

Beyond Resistance! Youth Activism and Community Change: New Democratic Possibilities for Practice and Policy for America's Youth

1st Edition

Edited By Pedro Noguera, Julio Cammarota, Shawn Ginwright
March 21, 2006

The failure of current policy to address important quality of life issues for urban youth remains a substantial barrier to civic participation, educational equity, and healthy adulthood. This volume brings together the work of leading urban youth scholars to highlight the detrimental impact of zero...

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