The Young Are Making Their World ― Essays on the Power of Youth Culture

Focusing on the perspective of positive youth development, the 13 essays in this volume consider youth popular culture as an asset. Academics, professionals, and community organizers working in the US, Japan, and the Netherlands address youth-led and technology-mediated activism after the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri; the use of social media by girls to combat sexism; online spaces used by LGBTQ youth and the connection between sexual literacy and how they engage with the online world; music and media as means of partnering with adults in education; religion in youth popular culture; body art among transgender youth; dance and positive youth development; the use of hip hop culture and code switching to connect, engage, and empower youth; the influence of youth culture on children's sport; the use of popular culture research by college students in deconstructing stereotypes and developing identities; positive youth development in the Japanese no-gal subculture; how the characteristics of the adolescent brain contribute to popular culture; and the role of policy in immigrant youth pop culture. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Yuya Kiuchi is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University. His research interests include popular culture, youth culture, African American Studies, technology and sexuality. Francisco A. Villarruel is a University Outreach and Engagement senior fellow and a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Michigan State University. He is involved in policy reform related to Latino youth in U.S. juvenile justice systems.