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Author:

Milner, Murray.

Title:

Freaks, geeks, and cool kids : American teenagers, schools, and the culture of consumption / Murray Milner, Jr.

Publisher:

Routledge,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xiv, 305 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Teenagers.
Teenage consumers.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-298) and index.

Contents:

Part 1. The puzzle and the tools -- Why do they behave like that? -- The tools for understanding -- Part 2. Explaining teens' behavior -- Fitting in, standing out, and keeping up -- Steering clear, hanging out, and hooking up -- Exchanges, labels, and put-downs -- Part 3. Why schools vary -- The pluralistic high school -- Other kinds of schools -- Part 4. Teen status systems and consumerism -- Creating consumers -- Consuming life -- Conclusions and implications.

ISBN:

9780415948302 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0415948304 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52819831

LCCN:

2003017145

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OLAX314 -- Reu Memorial Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

O3AX572 -- Cornell College - Russell D. Cole Library (Mount Vernon)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)