Boy Racer Culture: Youth, Masculinity and Deviance
Author:   Karen Lumsden (University of Loughborough, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781843929857


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   08 February 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Karen Lumsden (University of Loughborough, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Willan Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781843929857


ISBN 10:   1843929856
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   08 February 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction: rebels of the road 1. Car cultures and deviance 2. Setting the scene: the history of aberdeen’s boy racers 3. Fuelling the panic: societal concern and media images of the boy racer 4. The politics of the road: policing, governing and educating the boy racer 5.'We're not boy racers but they are': The stickiness of labels 6. Rites of the road: 'Modding', subcultural media and public performances 7. Gendered interactions in the boy racer culture 8. Conclusion: contested realities.

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Dr Karen Lumsden is a Lecturer in Sociology at Loughborough University, UK and was formerly a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Abertay Dundee. She has a PhD in Sociology, a Masters in Social Research, and a MA (Hons) in Sociology from the University of Aberdeen. Her research interests include youth culture, car culture, crime and deviance, gender, moral panics, policing and qualitative research methods.

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