Contemporary youth culture: an international encyclopedia/ edited by Shirley Steinberg, Priya Parmar, and Birgit Richard ; Christine Quail, assistant editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

v. 1. --
Oh puhleeze? : learning youth culture / Rebecca A. Goldstein -- Youth subcultures, postmodernism, and the media / David Muggleton -- A critical geography of youth culture / Robert J. Helfenbein -- Global youth / Bart Vautour -- Hip hop globalization and youth culture / Jennifer Kelly -- Language and identity in youth culture / Stacey Duncan -- Language and talk / David Poveda -- Problematizing the "problem" teen : reconceptualizing adolescent development / Kathryn Herr -- Adolescent rites of passage / Lynn M. Hoffman -- On youth and psychological investment / Anthony M. Roselli -- Stepfamilies in the United States / Keisha McGhee Love -- Blending youth and organizational cultures -- MTV : killing the radio star / Joe L. Kincheloe -- Three-minute clip culture / Birgit Richard -- Techno/house, hip hop clubs, and videos / Birgit Richard and Heinz-Hermann Kruger -- Advertising and German MTV / Klaus Neumann-Braun -- Ageism, stereotypes, television / Myrna Hant -- Raising world citizens : news programming for youth in the United States and the lost language of democracy / Carl Bybee -- Steal this article / Peter Dachille Jr. -- Dorama : Japanese TV / Serena Parris Larrain -- Youth culture and video games / Roymieco A. Carter -- Japanese electronic game culture / Machiko Kusahara -- Otaku / Lawrence Eng -- Manga / Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear -- Anime / Lien Shen -- Instant messaging and identity / Gloria E. Jacobs -- Cyberchicks and netgrrls : female net culture / Birgit Richard -- Jammer girl and the World Wide Web / Debra Merskin -- Online hip hop culture / Jannis K. Androutsopoulos -- Kinderculture and marketing : from toys to Harry Potter / Peter Pericles Trifonas and Effie Balomenos -- Disney and consumer culture / Christine Quail -- Cripqueers and the land of make-believe / Santiago Solis -- Queer youth and the media / Rob Linne.

v. 2. --
Alternative girl culture / Birgit Richard -- Eating disorders and sexuality / Ellen Essick -- Exploring the culture of "sluthood" among adolescents / Wendy Walter-Bailey and Jesse Goodman -- Queer punk / Bart Vautour -- The metrosexual and youth culture / Rodney E. Lippard -- Teddy boys / Heinz-Hermann Kruger -- The importance of idols in adolescence / Birgit Richard and Heinz-Hermann Kruger -- Remix culture / Bart Vautour -- Industrial culture / Birgit Richard -- Industrial bands / Birgit Richard -- Reggae / Olaf Karnik -- Emo music and youth culture / Brian Bailey -- Discos : from liberation to commodification of pleasure / Elena Duque -- Techno and house cultures / Birgit Richard -- The elements and eras of hip hop culture / James Peterson -- Hip hop, wiggahs, and whiteness / Melanie E.L. Bush -- Check me? No check you! / Regina Bernard -- Fashion, brands, and logos / Birgit Richard -- Retro / Heike Jenss -- Fashion and techno-style / Birgit Richard -- Wearables / Birgit Richard -- Piercing / Gabriele Mentges -- Goth / Birgit Richard -- Skateboarding : between mainstream and punk rock / Curry Malott -- Air & style snowboarding contest / Klaus Neumann-Braun and Axel Schmidt -- Paintball : from marking trees to sport / Shirley R. Steinberg -- Public pedagogy as spectacle : the case of professional wrestling / Peter Pericles Trifonas -- Youth mobilization : strength in numbers / Faith Bynoe -- Kids against capital / Pepi Leistyna -- Guerrilla journalism / Drew Traulsen -- Youth peace-builders in community organizations / Leonisa Ardizzone -- Youth in the Black Panther Party / J. Vern Cromartie -- A Borikua guerrero youth organizing / Joseph Carroll-Miranda -- SLAM! : genre for social activism / Stacey Miller -- Feminist's daughters / Ainhoa Flecha -- Third wave feminism / Rhonda Hammer -- Contemporary punk rock and activism / Leonisa Ardizzone -- The power of rap as a form of literacy / Priya Parmar -- Hip hop and education / Rob Haworth, Joseph Carroll-Miranda, and Eric Alvarez -- Transformations through hip hop / Mary Stone Hanley -- I write for that shy little girl : spoken word's power to document / Shiv Desai and Tyson Marsh -- Youth led research / Rebecca L. Carver and Jonathon London -- A meeting of minds / Shula Klinger -- The aesthetic dimension of youth culture education / Leila E. Villaverde -- Punk performances at Liberty High School / Rebecca Skulnick -- Refugee youth : at home, in school, in the community / Elizabeth Quintero -- Identity formation and academic achievement "pieced" together / Ruthann Mayes-Elma -- The beauty incident / Carolina Mancuso -- English and U.S. culture / Jungkang Kim -- French immersion students in Canada / Josee Makropoulos -- Pop fiction and literacy / Grant Wilson and Peter Pericles Trifonas -- Youth culture and creative literacy / Pam Joyce -- Organized youth sport and its alternatives / Handel Kashope Wright and Tatiana V. Ryba -- C.H.A.O.S. / Mary E. Weems -- Young organic intellectuals in NYC / Regina Bernard.