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‘Nike Trainers, My One True Love — Without You I am Nothing’
Youth, identity and the language of trainers for young men in prison
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Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Contributors v
- Table of contents vii
- Discourse constructions of youth identities 1
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I. Peer group identities
- Linguistic variation and the construction of social identity in a German-Turkish setting 29
- Nicknames and teasing 47
- Looking back when looking ahead 75
- It’s not that I really care about him personally you know 93
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II. Recasting literacy practices
- Emotion and youth identities in personal letter writing 121
- Spelling rebellion 151
- ‘Nike Trainers, My One True Love — Without You I am Nothing’ 173
- Constructions of identity in German hip-hop culture 197
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III. Representations and positionings
- Socio-cultural orientation, urban youth styles and the spontaneous acquisition of Turkish by non-Turkish adolescents in Germany 223
- Swedish youth discourse 247
- The youth and the gatekeepers 279
- Mediated experience and youth identities in a post-traditional order 303
- Index 333
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Contributors v
- Table of contents vii
- Discourse constructions of youth identities 1
-
I. Peer group identities
- Linguistic variation and the construction of social identity in a German-Turkish setting 29
- Nicknames and teasing 47
- Looking back when looking ahead 75
- It’s not that I really care about him personally you know 93
-
II. Recasting literacy practices
- Emotion and youth identities in personal letter writing 121
- Spelling rebellion 151
- ‘Nike Trainers, My One True Love — Without You I am Nothing’ 173
- Constructions of identity in German hip-hop culture 197
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III. Representations and positionings
- Socio-cultural orientation, urban youth styles and the spontaneous acquisition of Turkish by non-Turkish adolescents in Germany 223
- Swedish youth discourse 247
- The youth and the gatekeepers 279
- Mediated experience and youth identities in a post-traditional order 303
- Index 333