Disconnected: Why our kids are turning their backs on everything we thought we knew

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Nick Barham

Disconnected

Why our kids are turning their backs on everything we thought we knew

Nick Barham

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Ebury Press
01 March 2006

Society & Social Sciences; Age groups: children

The most important book on modern youth since Generation X

'I wanted to discover what young people are really up to. To see how far they've come - and where they think they're going. Today's young generation don't want reality. They want disconnection - a world of novelty, velocity and volume. A world without implications or responsibilities, where your personality is defined by how you dress, who you listen to, and which kind of celebrity you want to be. Their values and behaviour are changing at an unprecedented rate. They are not inheriting our culture - they're moving into a new improved version, with a permanent soundtrack (that you don't like), a new language (that you don't understand) and a radical morality (that you don't accept).' Nick Barham

Confronting crime, underage sex, fame obsession, violence, ambition, learning and friendship, Nick Barham's compelling investigation finds that this disconnection from what adults understand to be substantial or real is creating a radical new youth culture.

By: Nick Barham
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 126mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 219g
ISBN: 9780091897413
ISBN 10: 0091897416
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 March 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nick Barham, 30, is fascinated by contemporary culture. Over the last five years he has visited shopping malls, skateparks, video arcades, clubs, protests, car expos, universities and squats in Europe, the States and Asia. He has written articles for publications from Dazed & Confused to the Financial Times. He is currently a partner at the advertising and design company, Karmarama.

Reviews for Disconnected: Why our kids are turning their backs on everything we thought we knew

He dashes all over the place, like a search engine set to random, like an ad exec brainstorming... It's full of fun * Daily Telegraph * A truly shocking book * Independent * It is refreshing to find a book that attempts to understand and enjoy the passionate technicolour diversity of modern youth culture * Daily Telegraph * Sure, some of it's shocking, but it's also positive and hopeful, too * Elle * Barham is firmly on the side of the kids... His interviewees talk freely to him about taking shed-loads of E and ketamine (originally a horse anaesthetic)... He sees people wearing T-Shirts that say ""Jesus is a c**t"", watches Jackass, surfs porn, and visits the bondage nightclub Torture Garden to see people having sex in public...Barham muses provocatively * Guardian *