Freaks, geeks, and cool kids : American teenagers, schools, and the culture of consumption - Milner, Murray (New York : Routledge, 2004)
pt 1. The puzzle and the tools. -- Why do they behave like that? -- The tools for understanding -- pt 2. Explaining teens' behavior. -- Fitting in, standing out, and keeping up -- Steering clear, hanging out, and hooking up -- Exchanges, labels, and put-downs -- pt 3. Why schools vary. -- The pluralistic high school -- Other kinds of schools -- pt 4. Teen status systems and consumerism. -- Creating consumers -- Consuming life -- Conclusions and implications.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-298) and index.
Keywords: Teenagers; Teenage consumers; Adolescents; 2