This module introduces students to examples of youth cultures from around the world, puts them in context, and provides conceptual and theoretical frameworks to help analyse and understand them. It explores a number of key themes and ideas, potentially including identity, resistance/threat, class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, fandom and the digital. It looks at how youth culture can be seen in relation to culture, media and creative industries, and the connections and tensions between creativity, agency and commodification. Through the module students will be encouraged to draw upon their own interests and expertise in the subject area, whilst developing new knowledge and skills.
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