This book provides a concise introduction to the practical and theoretical complexities of
studying urban youth culture today. Looking across disciplines such as anthropology sociology
and education Dimitriadis explores the ways urban youth have been framed - in often limiting
and problematic ways - in the popular and academic imagination. Moving beyond critique alone
this highly accessible primer opens a discussion about what a truly powerful emergent field of
«critical youth studies» might look like. Looking toward the future of this field this book
discusses the most important methodological and substantive trends and issues scholars will be
addressing now and in the years to come. The Studying Urban Youth Culture Primer is an
indispensable text for students in a range of qualitative methods and urban education courses.
