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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367718626
• ISBN13: 9780367718626
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages