{"product_id":"youth-class-and-everyday-struggles-9780367354893","title":"Youth Class and Everyday Struggles","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concept of everyday struggles can enliven our understanding of the lives of young people and how social class is made and remade. This book invokes a Bourdieusian spirit to think about the ways young people are pushed and pulled by the normative demands directed at them from an early age, whilst they reflexively understand that allegedly available incentives for making the right' choices and working hard  financial and familial security, social status and job satisfaction  are a declining prospect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eYouth, Class and Everyday Struggles\u003c\/i\u003e, the figures of those classed as ''hipsters'' and ''bogans'' are used to analyse how representation works to form a symbolic and moral economy that produces and polices fuzzy class boundaries. Further to this, the practices of young people around DIY cultures are analysed to illustrate struggles to create a satisfying and meaningful existence while negotiating between study, work and creative passions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy thinki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Struggle’ is one of those over-used words we use to evoke a political ‘feel’ to analysis. In \u003cem\u003eYouth, Class and Everyday Struggles\u003c\/em\u003e, however, Steven Threadgold takes the idea of struggle seriously, and develops a multi-layered understanding of struggle to provide an exciting and insightful analysis of the challenges young people negotiate in everyday life. Drawing together a thoughtful reading of Bourdieu through theories of affect, risk and reflexivity, Threadgold shows that struggle is fundamental to the constitution of young people’s classed and gendered existence in a world shaped by precarity. Through an examination of hipsters, 'bogans' and DIY music, the book argues not only that there are modalities and temporalities to struggle, but that struggle is creative and mundane, agentic and oppressive. It offers an original and thought-provoking contribution to the field of youth studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreg Noble\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProfessor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA smart, sensitive and sophisticated analysis of how youth figures in the ways class is produced and contested in conditions of precarity. Centring the concept of struggle, Threadgold incisively addresses the cultural politics and quotidian material realities of new and old class relations through careful attention to the everyday lives of young people. This book is an important contribution to the theorisation of social class today, and a shining example of truly generative scholarship at the intersection of youth transitions and youth cultures research.​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnita Harris\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eResearch Professor, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Faculty of Arts \u0026amp; Education, Deakin University, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an excellent book that pushes the boundaries of theorising in youth studies to another level. By using the notion of ‘struggle’ and other Bourdieusian concepts, Steve Threadgold is able to create a more nuanced understanding of the contemporary forms of class social reproduction and youth reflexivity. As such this book is a must read for all students and scholars interested in the youth question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlan France\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of Sociology, University of Auckland, New Zealand\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYouth, Class and Everyday Struggles\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterfully researched and compellingly written book. Casting an expert eye over an increasingly diverse field, Threadgold has produced a much needed synthesis of key ideas relating to youth cultures and youth transitions that will be of seminal value to both experienced youth researchers and students in search of a critical introduction to youth studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndy Bennett\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProfessor, School of Humanities, Griffith University, Australia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Youth studies and theoretical foundations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mix tape for Part 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Youth, class and everyday struggles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYouth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBourdieu’s ‘struggles’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter outline\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Sociological practice: Towards a Bourdieusian understanding\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Bourdieu’s thinking tools\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBourdieu’s conception of class\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Struggle, illusio and social gravity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSocial games and strategy \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHabitus and field\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCapitals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrajectory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoxa and misrecognition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSymbolic violence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCultural arbitrary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistinction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Bourdieusian prospects and theory in youth studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReflexivity and inequality\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe symbolic, the moral and ‘value’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAffect and emotion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Classification struggles in the field of representation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mix tape for Part 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Hipsters and bogans: Distinctive figures of classed anxieties\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHipsters and bogans in the news\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlippery categories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is a bogan? What is a hipster?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHipsters and bogans as ‘figures’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassification struggles in the field of representation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Hipsters and bogans in the news media and comedy: Two case studies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase study 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCase study 2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe affective economy of hipsters and bogans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Global hipsters and local bogans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: DIY cultures: Struggles about creativity, identity and meaningful work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mix tape for Part 3\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. A DIY scene: Cultural struggles and meaning making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘DIY’: From punk to sociology to co-optation and beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryday struggles in a DIY music scene in Australia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. A DIY career? Labour and creativity struggles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClass, labour and creativity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDIY cultures to DIY careers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubcultural capital and illusio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChoice, struggle and making do: Strategic poverty?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Coda: Hipsters, bogans and class in the DIY scene \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Conclusion \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModalities of everyday struggle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBourdieu, affect and reflexivity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYouth, modalities of struggle and the ‘future’\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017879290199,"sku":"9780367354893","price":39.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367354893.jpg?v=1750774972","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/youth-class-and-everyday-struggles-9780367354893","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}