Young People, Risk and Leisure: Constructing Identities in Everyday Life

Mitchell, W.; Bunton, R.; Green, E.

Social theorists have claimed that modern life is increasingly risky and uncertain and is profoundly effecting experiences of everyday-life and our sense of self. Drawing upon empirical and theoretical work of young people's risk-taking and leisure, this book examines such claims in detail. Indeed, young people interviewed tell their own stories of balancing the pleasures and anxieties of such everyday risks as drug-taking, prostitution, gang-life, aggressive driving, drinking and sex.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2004-05-25

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403901163

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Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 257