Clubbing explores the cultures and spaces of clubbing. Divided into three sections:
Beginnings, The Night Out and Reflections, Clubbing includes first-hand accounts of …

Since the late 1980s, brands have gained centre stage in marketing and in the managerial
discourse. From having been a mere marker that identifies the producer or the origin of a …

Despite the criticisms of subcultural theory as a framework for the sociological study of the
relationship between youth, music, style and identity, the term 'subculture'continues to be …

The Badlands of Modernity offers a wide ranging and original interpretation of modernity as
it emerged during the eighteenth century through an analysis of some of the most important …

During the past 30 years, the meaning ofurban lifestyles' has changed from a fairly stable
prerogative of social status (Weber, 1946) to an aggressive pursuit of cultural capital …

This book outlines how the theoretical ideas, empirical foci, and methodological techniques
of cultural geography make sense of the 'culture wars' that define our time. It is on the …

As debates on globalization have progressed from an earlier phase in which commentators
saw the intensification of world‐scale flows and processes as the negation of local identities …

This internationally appealing book is based on a two-year case study of a group of young
people as they move through their final year of mandatory schooling and into their first year …

Shopping Tourism, Retailing and Leisure provides a comprehensive examination of the
relationships between tourism, leisure, shopping, and retailing. Critical issues are examined …

* What is the relationship between youth culture and popular music?* How have they
evolved since the second world war?* What can we learn from a global perspective? In this …