{"product_id":"teenage-wasteland-suburbias-dead-end-kids-0226278727","title":"Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0226278727\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gaines, Donna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTeenage Wasteland 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, Teenage Wasteland draws new conclusions and presents solid reasons to admire the resilience of suburbia's dead end kids.\"A powerful book.\"-Samuel G. Freedman, New York Times Book Review\"[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, Washington Post Book World\"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, Transition\"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, Contemporary Sociology\"The best book on contemporary youth culture.\"-Rolling Stone\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51677855580448,"sku":"NEW0226278727","price":32.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/7152iGP2IhL.jpg?v=1779298364","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/teenage-wasteland-suburbias-dead-end-kids-0226278727","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}