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<p><i>Teenage Wasteland</i> 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, <i>Teenage Wasteland</i> draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids.</p> <p>"A powerful book."—Samuel G. Freedman, <i>New York Times Book Review</i></p> <p>"[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, <i>Washington Post Book World</i></p> <p>"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, <i>Transition</i></p> <p>"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, <i>Contemporary Sociology</i></p> <p>"The bes

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Author

Gaines, Donna, 1951-

Publisher

University of Chicago Press, 11030 S. Langley Ave., Chicago, IL 60637; Tel.: 800-621-2736 (Toll Free)

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226278728

Category

music

Subjects

Gender Studies, Psychology, Fiction

Rating

3.51 / 5 (176 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13