{"product_id":"teenage-wasteland-suburbias-dead-end-kids-paperback","title":"Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonna Gaines\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeenage Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e provides memorable portraits of \"rock and roll kids\" and shrewd analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. A powerful indictment of the often manipulative media coverage of youth crises and so-called alternative programs designed to help \"troubled\" teens, \u003ci\u003eTeenage Wasteland\u003c\/i\u003e draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A powerful book.\"-Samuel G. Freedman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[Gaines] sheds light on a poorly understood world and raises compelling questions about what society might do to help this alienated group of young people.\"-Ann Grimes, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"There is no comparable study of teenage suburban culture . . . and very few ethnographic inquiries written with anything like Gaines's native gusto or her luminous eye for detail.\"-Andrew Ross, \u003ci\u003eTransition\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An outstanding case study. . . . Gaines shows how teens engage in cultural production and how such social agency is affected by economic transformations and institutional interventions.\"-Richard Lachman, \u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The best book on contemporary youth culture.\"-\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeenage Wasteland provides memorable portraits of \"rock and roll kids\" and analyses of their interests in heavy metal music and Satanism. A powerful indictment of the often manipulative media coverage of youth crises and so-called alternative programs designed to help \"troubled\" teens, Teenage Wasteland draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 7.94 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454492360882,"sku":"9780226278728","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/06f464d743088098680e4acfe32e5792_5cc8fd1d-881e-405a-8dd9-ded655dd717f.webp?v=1778852461","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/teenage-wasteland-suburbias-dead-end-kids-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}