{"product_id":"teenage-wasteland-suburbias-dead-end-kids-9780226278728","title":"Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Donna Gaines\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Stages - Adolescence\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","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46897246732439,"sku":"9780226278728","price":3270.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780226278728.webp?v=1770361892","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/teenage-wasteland-suburbias-dead-end-kids-9780226278728","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}