Researching youth culture and popular music: A methodological critique

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 451-466

  Bennett, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access; Ethnography; Insider knowledge; Methodology; Popular music; Youth culture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MUSIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 0036717649     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0007131022000000590     Document Type: Article

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