Louts and Legends: Male youth culture in an inner-city school

by J.C. Walker

For five years, Jim Walker followed the stories of four groups of young men, from their last years at an inner-city high school to their early twenties. Louts and Legends is a rich portrayal of their ways of life, their responses to school and teachers, and their experience of job-seeking, employment, unemployment, further education and training.

Louts and Legends presents a unique perspective on Australian culture, showing the problems,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0043303927
• ISBN13: 9780043303924
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"