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Wannabes, Goths, and Christians: The Boundaries of Sex, Style, and Status (repost)

Posted By: Veslefrikk
Wannabes, Goths, and Christians: The Boundaries of Sex, Style, and Status (repost)

Wannabes, Goths, and Christians: The Boundaries of Sex, Style, and Status
University Of Chicago Press | 2008 | ISBN: 0226898431 | Pages: 294 | PDF | 5.33 MB

On college campuses and in high school halls, being white means being boring. Since whiteness is the mainstream, white kids lack a cultural identity that’s exotic or worth flaunting. To remedy this, countless white youths across the country are now joining more outré subcultures like the Black- and Puerto Rican–dominated hip-hop scene, the glamorously morose goth community, or an evangelical Christian organization whose members reject campus partying.