Subculture in the 21st Century by Steven Threadgold, David Mu... - 9781041069164

Subculture in the 21st CenturyAn Introduction to Subculture Studies\nAuthor(s): Steven Threadgold, David Muggleton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041069164, 978-1041069164\nSynopsis\nSubculture in the 21st Century is a key text for all students of sociology and cultural studies. Drawing on case studies and supported by a range of resources on its dedicated companion website, it is an introduction to the history, theory, tensions, and contemporary process that have shaped subcultures and their study.\n\nOffering an accessible overview, it examines subcultures and subculture studies and how they have been formed and critiqued; it considers how subcultures are structured by contours of inequality through the continued relevance of gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity, and social class; and how contemporary processes, such as globalisation, ageing, and digital technology, have given us new ways of thinking about s]