Youth Cultures: Images & Ideas of Youth (GCST2612)
School of Letters, Art and Media - University of Sydney
2009

Texts

Twilight!$!Meyer, Stephenie!$!London!$!Atom!$!2008
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Lolita!$!Nabokov, Vladimir!$!Harmondsworth!$!Penguin!$!2006
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Catcher in the Rye!$!Salinger, J. D!$!Harmondsworth!$!Penguin!$!1994
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y separately published work icon Looking for Alibrandi Melina Marchetta , Camberwell : Puffin , 1992 Z88038 1992 single work novel young adult (taught in 4 units) 'Josephine Alibrandi is seventeen, illegitimate, and in her final year at a wealthy Catholic school. This is the year her father comes back into her life, the year she falls in love, the year she discovers the secrets of her family's past and the year she sets herself free.' (Source: Back Cover)
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Degrees

Bachelor of Arts

Description

This unit uses changing ideas about youth and practices of youth culture as a focus for an introduction to contemporary cultural theory. It aims to introduce students to some of the current parameters for studying cultural forms, practices and theories by examining current and past forms of youth culture, representations of youth and youth culture, and cultural studies of youth. Points of focus include media images of youth, popular culture marketed to youth, and youth subcultures.

Assessment

One online journal (equivalent 2000 words), one 500 word exercise, choice of 2000 word essay or take-home exam, participation.

Other Details

Levels: Undergraduate
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