| Description |
xii, 281 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
"On college campuses and in high school halls, being white means being boring. Since whiteness is the mainstream, white kids lack a cultural identity that's exotic or worth flaunting. To remedy this, countless white youths across the country are now joining more outre subcultures like the Black- and Puerto Rican-dominated hip-hop scene, the glamorously morose goth community, or an evangelical Christian organization whose members reject campus partying."--Product description. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-272) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: gender, race, class, and cultural projects -- From geek to freak -- So full of myself as a chick -- Just good people -- Abstinence -- Puerto Rican wannabes -- Why don't they act like who they really are? -- The gendered limits of racial crossover -- Conclusions, contradictions, and collisions. |
| Subject |
Goth culture (Subculture)
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Evangelicalism.
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Hip-hop.
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Young adults -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Young adults -- United States -- Psychology.
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Subculture -- United States -- Case studies.
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Identity (Psychology) in youth.
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| ISBN |
9780226898438 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0226898431 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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