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Understanding street culture : poverty, crime, youth and cool /

"An insightful and theoretically informed overview of street culture in various parts of the world - its origins, functions, manifestations and appeal - examining both its bearing on criminal lifestyles and on the cultivation of 'cool.' Contemporary examples and original research are...

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Main Author: Ilan, Jonathan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:
Inner cities.
Street life.
City and town life.
Crime.
Urban youth > Social conditions.
Urban poor > Social conditions.
Sociology, Urban.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
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Summary:"An insightful and theoretically informed overview of street culture in various parts of the world - its origins, functions, manifestations and appeal - examining both its bearing on criminal lifestyles and on the cultivation of 'cool.' Contemporary examples and original research are used to evidence new ways of thinking about street culture today"--
Item Description:"Macmillan education."
Physical Description:x, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781137028594 (hardback)
1137028599 (hardback)
9781137028587 (paperback)
1137028580 (paperback)