Author: Bill Osgerby

This book brings together historians, sociologists and social scientists to examine aspects of youth culture. The book’s themes are riots, music and gangs, connecting spectacular expression of youthf …

This collection takes its inspiration from Paul Goodman’s Growing Up Absurd, a landmark critique of American culture at the end of the 1950s. Goodman called for a revival of social investment in urba …

Part of the successful Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications series which provides concise introductions to key areas in contemporary communications, Bill Osgerby’s innovative Youth Med …

From re-runs of ‘TV classics’ like The Avengers or Starsky and Hutch, to soundtracks, club nights and film remakes such as Mission Impossible II, the action series is enjoying a popular revival. Yet …

From re-runs of ‘TV classics’ like The Avengers or Starsky and Hutch, to soundtracks, club nights and film remakes such as Mission Impossible II, the action series is enjoying a popular revival. Yet …

American Pie represents the most commercially successful example of the vulgar teen comedy, and this book analyses the film’s development, audience-appeal and cultural significance.American Pie (1999 …

American Pie represents the most commercially successful example of the vulgar teen comedy, and this book analyses the film’s development, audience-appeal and cultural significance.American Pie (1999 …

This book assesses the legacy of Dick Hebdige and his work on subcultures in his seminal work, Subculture: The Meaning of Style (1979). The volume interrogates the concept of subculture put forward b …

This expansive, lively introduction charts the connections between international youth cultures and the development of global media and communication. From 1950s drive-ins and jukeboxes to contempora …

This expansive, lively introduction charts the connections between international youth cultures and the development of global media and communication. From 1950s drive-ins and jukeboxes to contempora …