Violent night : urban leisure and contemporary culture / / Simon Winlow and Steve Hall

• Autore: Winlow Simon
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Berg, 2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.60835/0942
• Soggetto topico: Youth and violence - England, North East; Urban violence - England, North East; Urban youth - Recreation - England, North East; Youth - England, North East - Social conditions; Youth - England, North East - Social life and customs; Youth - England, North East - Attitudes; Counterculture - England, North East; Subculture - England, North East
• Soggetto geografico: England, North East Moral conditions
• Altri autori: HallSteve <1955->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction--contemporary youth identities in context -- Working to live : contemproary youth indenties and labour markets -- Instrumentalism in relationships, culture, and education -- Young people, the culture industry, and the night-time economy -- Alcohol, violence, and the drudgery of seeking pleasure -- Victims' stories -- Perpetrators' stories -- Policemen's stories.
• Sommario/riassunto: Using insider accounts, this title presents the underlying causes and meanings of violence. Interviews with the police, the perpetrators, and the victims of violence depict the complex emotions that surround the perpetration and resolution of crime. It shows that a new approach is needed to deal with nihilism and escalating hostility.
• Titolo autorizzato: Violent night
• ISBN: 1-4742-1592-0; 1-282-54560-4; 9786612545603; 600-00-0626-8; 1-84788-225-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910821670703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II