Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This revised and updated edition of a hugely successful book brings together the most valuable and stimulating writings on subcultures, from the early work of the Chicago School on 'deviant' social groups to the present day reasearch and theories.

This new edition features a wide range of articles from some of the biggest names in the field including Dick Hebdige, Paul Gilroy and Stanley Cohen, and expertly combines contemporary essays and critique with classic and canonical texts on subcultures.

Examining an eclectic array of subcultures, from New Age travellers, to comic book fans, The Reader looks at how they are defined through their social position, styles, sexuality, politics and their music, and this new edition gives expression to the diversity of subcultural identifications, from scenes and 'tribes' to the 'global underground'.

With specially selected articles, grouped sections, editors introductions and a general introduction which maps out the field, it gives students and teachers of cultural studies an invaluable study aid.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• List of illustrations (p. xi)
• Acknowledgements (p. xii)
• Permissions (p. xiii)
• Introduction: The Field of Subcultural Studies (p. 1)
• Part 1 The Chicago School and Urban Ethnography
• Introduction to Part One (p. 19)
• 1 The City: Suggestions for the Investigation of Human Behavior in the Urban Environment [1925] (p. 25)
• 2 The Life-Cycle of the Taxi-Dancer [1932] (p. 35)
• 3 The Concept of the Sub-Culture and its Application [1947] (p. 46)
• 4 A General Theory of Subcultures [1955] (p. 50)
• 5 Research Method, Morality and Criminology [1967] (p. 60)
• 6 Notes on the Status of the Concept Subculture [1970] (p. 73)
• Part 2 The Birmingham Tradition and Cultural Studies
• Introduction to Part Two (p. 81)
• 7 Subcultural Conflict and Working-Class Community [1972] (p. 86)
• 8 Subcultures, Cultures and Class [1975] (p. 94)
• 9 Girls and Subcultures [1977] (p. 105)
• 10 Culture, Institution, Differentiation [1977] (p. 113)
• 11 Subculture: The Meaning of Style [1979] (p. 121)
• 12 Second-Hand Dresses and the Role of the Ragmarket [1989] (p. 132)
• Part 3 Outside Cultural Studies: Critiques and Alternatives
• Introduction to Part Three (p. 143)
• 13 The Subterranean World of Play [1971] (p. 148)
• 14 Symbols of Trouble [1980] (p. 157)
• 15 Defending Ski-Jumpers: A Critique of Theories of Youth Subcultures [1981] (p. 169)
• 16 Social Surveillance and Subjectification: The Emergence of 'Subculture' in the Work of Henry Mayhew [1990] (p. 175)
• 17 The Social Logic of Subcultural Capital [1995] (p. 184)
• 18 The Emotional Community: Research Arguments [1996] (p. 193)
• Part 4 Territories, Space, Otherness
• Introduction to Part Four (p. 213)
• 19 Gangland [1927] (p. 218)
• 20 The Problem of Cornerville [1943] (p. 228)
• 21 Hospital Underlife: Places [1961] (p. 231)
• 22 Life on the Terraces [1978] (p. 234)
• 23 Blank Figures in the Countryside [2000] (p. 246)
• 24 Performing the City [2001] (p. 256)
• Part 5 Style, Fashion, Signature
• Introduction to Part Five (p. 271)
• 25 Zoot-Suiters and Mexicans: Symbols in Crowd Behavior [1956] (p. 276)
• 26 Fashion and Revolt [1963] (p. 284)
• 27 Posing ... Threats, Striking ... Poses: Youth, Surveillance, and Display [1983] (p. 288)
• 28 Black Hair/Style Politics [1987] (p. 299)
• 29 The Graffiti Subculture: Making a World of Difference [2001] (p. 312)
• 30 Tattoo Enthusiasts: Subculture or Figuration? [2003] (p. 326)
• Part 6 Sexed Subjects
• Introduction to Part Six (p. 343)
• 31 The Sociologist as Voyeur [1970] (p. 347)
• 32 Aids Activist Graphics: A Demonstration [1990] (p. 358)
• 33 Real Men, Phallicism and Fascism [1996] (p. 367)
• 34 When is a Body not a Body? When it's a Building [1996] (p. 384)
• 35 Drag Kings: Masculinity and Performance [1998] (p. 400)
• 36 Waiting for No Man: Bisexual Femme Subjectivity and Cultural Repudiation [1998] (p. 418)
• Part 7 Scenes of Music
• Introduction to Part Seven (p. 433)
• 37 The Culture of a Deviant Group: The Dance Musician [1963] (p. 438)
• 38 Listening to Punk [1985] (p. 448)
• 39 Diaspora, Utopia and the Critique of Capitalism [1987] (p. 460)
• 40 Communities and Scenes in Popular Music [1991] (p. 469)
• 41 Disco 'Super-Culture': Consuming Foreing Sex in the Chinese Disco [1999] (p. 479)
• 42 Moments of Ecstasy: Oceanic and Ecstatic Experiences in Clubbing [1999] (p. 491)
• Part 8 Virtual, Mediated, Globalized
• Introduction to Part Eight (p. 513)
• 43 Introduction to The Virtual Community [1994] (p. 518)
• 44 Community: The Zine Scene [1997] (p. 530)
• 45 Amateur Manga Subculture and the Otaku Incident [2000] (p. 541)
• 46 Meat and Metal [2000] (p. 555)
• 47 Communicating Goth: On-line Media [2002] (p. 564)
• 48 Notes on the Global Underground: Subcultures and Globalization [2004] (p. 575)