This volume provides nine articles by sociology and other scholars from the US and UK, who explore different subcultures. They examine Dead Head subculture and the need for a more nuanced conception of identity that is historical, hierarchical, and relational to idealized ideas of the self; how former Straight Edgers draw on their previous participation as youth in the subculture; how communal gamers use different strategies to reconstruct their identities to counter negative stereotypes; the subculture of gay bars and nightclubs; American live action role playing groups and the connections between identity, subculture, and leisure literature; the use of David Matza’s concept of "drift" to understand young adults' alcohol consumption in the UK; the backpacker experience and identity; and how the Fred Perry polo shirt brand was transformed from a subversive style of dress by mods and skinheads in post-war Britain into a style worn by right-wing white nationalists in the 1980s. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2022 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
