** indicate essays written by undergraduate students. Rhetorical Contents Related Readings Preface Introduction I. ROOTS AND ORIGINS 1. Youth Activism in the 1990s , Michael Dennis 2. The Rainbow Family Gathering , Catherine Walsh 3. The Lords of Dogtown , G. Beato 4. Nortena Slang Dictionary, Yoly A.

Carillo and Arielle Greenberg ** 5. Heavy Metal's Proud Pariahs , Deena Weinstein II. FITTING IN AND COMING TOGETHER 1. Bboy Style on the Eastside-Austin, Texas, Sasha Vliet 2. The Homeless Community of the Piers, Rob Maitra 3. Thoughts on the Movie Afro-Punk, Mimi Nguyen 4. A Report on Anime Central 2004 , Heidi Schubert ** 5. My Life as an Enterprise Slash Writer , Kylie Lee III.

MYTHS AND TRUTHS 1. From Geeks to Freaks: Goths and the Middle Class, Amy Wilkins 2. How the Internet is Changing Straightedge, J. Patrick Williams 3. My Night as a Wiccan , Sarah Norton ** 4. She Rips When She Skates, Natalie Porter 5. A Different View of Hackers , Zhi Zhu ** IV. MERCHANDISE, COMMERCIALISM AND CO-OPTING THE SCENE 1.

The Year that Punk Broke Me, Arielle Greenberg 2. Towards a Critical Understanding of "Asian Cute Culture", Adrienne Lai 3. So Emo it Hurts , Emily Lamison ** 4. Economic Status and Raving , Christina Robinson ** 5. Street Skateboarding and the Government Stamp of Approval , Robert Rundquist V. DROPPING OUT AND DROPPING BACK IN 1. The Graying of Aquarius , Jerry Adler 2. Growing Up and Out of the Rave Scene , Johanna Hoadley 3.

Deadheads Yesterday and Today: An Audience Study , Melissa McCray Pattacini 4. Too Dirty to be a Hobo? , John Lennon 5. A Straightedger's Journey , Robert Wood Appendix.