Sexuality, Sport and the Culture of Risk

This book explores serious issues in Youth Culture across a broad range of contexts. The matters explored are not only critical in terms of being fundamental and emerging problems in Youth Culture but they are also significant in that they present ideologies, scenarios, and seminal principals of individuals lives in frameworks which are non traditional, rebellious and alternative. The chapters presented deal with subject matter that challenge ideas within theories, methodologies and lifestyles that are confrontational, post-modern in perspective and designed to question the comfortable research zones of many traditional academics working in the sociology area. This book brings together leading academics many of whom have been cross-examining traditional views about youth culture for some time. Their work is thought provoking, innovative, entertaining and at the cutting edge of contemporary sociology. Designed for both undergraduate and graduate programs it will also be accessible for parents and community members who work with youth and their families, as it will provide a context for their experiences.