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