Wilkins, Amy C.

Wannabes, goths, and Christians : the boundaries of sex, style, and status / Amy C. Wilkins. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. - xii, 281 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-272) and index.

Introduction: gender, race, class, and cultural projects -- From geek to freak -- So full of myself as a chick -- Just good people -- Abstinence -- Puerto Rican wannabes -- Why don't they act like who they really are? -- The gendered limits of racial crossover -- Conclusions, contradictions, and collisions.

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Young adults--Social conditions.--United States
Young adults--Psychology.--United States
Subculture--United States--Case studies.
Identity (Psychology) in youth.

HQ799.7 / .W55 2008

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