Profane Culture: Updated Edition

by Paul E. Willis

Book Overview

A classic of British cultural studies, Profane Culture takes the reader into the worlds of two important 1960s youth cultures--the motor-bike boys and the hippies. The motor-bike boys were working-class motorcyclists who listened to the early rock 'n' roll of the late 1950s. In contrast, the hippies were middle-class drug users with long hair and a love of progressive music. Both groups were involved in an unequal but heroic fight to produce...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691163693
• ISBN13: 9780691163697
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"