Combines music and cultural history and criticism to examine how rock and the rock lifestyle have been merchandised first to a teenage audience and eventually to a consumer society. This work examines the rock culture and how it has infused various aspects of American (and world) life, from entertainment to politics to academic education.

The debate of teenage pregnancy and parenthood is a topical media and political issue. Covering the controversial issues, this book contributes to the debate. It looks at areas such as: education; social policy and welfare reforms in the UK and US; issues for young fathers; child sex abuse; and, girls with emotional and behavioural difficulties.

One day Teenie Weenie finds himself in a scrumbly screechy place. It is full of noises and crashes and things that swoop and scratch. The worse it gets, the smaller Teenie Weenie feels. After a while, he feels so small that the tiniest insect tries to eat him up. Teenie Weenie feels terrified and desperately alone.

'The Telescoping of Generations' is an original perspective on the nature of narcissism, exploring how the traumatic experiences of previous generations influence the mechanisms involved in the transmission of narcissistic links.

Television is unique in its ability to produce so much pleasure for such a wide variety of people. This book looks at television's role as an agent of popular culture, and goes on to consider the relationship between this cultural dimension and television's status as a commodity of the cultural industries that are deeply inscribed with capitalism.

Television Personalities offers an exciting, engaging approach to studying and understanding the most prominent and popular performers in television and celebrity culture.

A guide that covers various aspects of television studies. It covers aspects such as: theoretical perspectives which have shaped the study of television - Marxism; semiology; feminism concepts which have shaped the study of television - narrative; representation; bias television genres - soap opera; news; and, others.

With a case study of the Asian community in Southall, Marie Gillespie examines how television and video are being used to recreate cultural traditions and catalyse cultural change in such communities.