Youth Identities

Contents: - Bill Osgerby: 'The Young Ones'. Youth, Consumption and Representations of the 'Teenager' in Post-War Britain. - Rachel Thomson / Janet Holland: Sexual Relationship, Negotiation and Decision Making. - Mike Storry: Teenagers and Advertising - Peter Bennett: Teen Pop and Teenage Identity in Britain. - Claus-Ulrich Viol: A Crack in the Union Jack? National Identity in British Popular Music. - Merle Tonnies: Problematic Youth Identities in Contemporary British Dramas - Gerd Stratmann: 'Absolute Beginners' and Their Heirs in Contemporary British Novels. - Martin Bruggemeier / Horst W. Drescher: A Subculture and its Characterization in Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting. - Jurgen Neubauer: Critical Media Literacy and the Representation of Youth in Trainspotting. - Merle Tonnies / Claus-Ulrich Viol: Young Britain in Perspective. The Views of Rebecca Ray, shez 360, Chandrasonic, Kathy Lette, and Anne Fine.