Adolescents and their Music: If It's Too Loud, You're Too Old

1. Introduction: Misplaced Childhood: An Introduction to the Sociology of Youth and Their Music Jonathon S. Epstein 2. Rock: Youth and Its Music Deena Weinstein 3. The Political Status of Youth and Youth Culture Lawrence Grossberg 4. The Local Economy of Suburban Scenes Donna Gaines 5. Expendable Youth: The Rise and Fall of Youth Culture Deena Weinstein 6. Rock and Roll Is Here to Stray: Youth Subculture, Deviance, and Social Typing in Rock's Early Years Daniel Dotter 7. Secular Rituals in Popular Culture: A Case for Grateful Dead Concerts and Dead Head Identity Robert Sardiello 8. The Postmodernization of Rock and Roll Music: The Case of Metallica Joseph A. Kotarba 9. Redeeming the Rap Music Experience Venise Berry 10. Guerrilla Music: Avant-Garde Voice as Oppositional Discourse Thaddeus Coreno 11. Does Love Really Stink?: The `Mean World' of Love and Sex in Popular Music of the 1980s Emily D. Edwards 12. Crowded Crushes at Two Rock Concerts: A Value-Added Analysis Jerry M. Lewis 13. Popular Music as a `Social Cement': A Content Analysis of Social Criticism and Alienation in Alternative-Music Song Titles Amy B. Mohan and Jean Malone 14. Living on a Lighted Stage: Identity Salience, Psychological Centrality, Authenticity, and Role Behaviour of Semi-Professional Rock Musicians Scott A. Reid, Jonathon S. Epstein and D.E. Benson 15. Recent Theory and Research in the Sociology of Popular Music: A Selected and Annotated Bibliography Stephen B. Groce and Jonathon S. Epstein