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Negative politics: the conformity, struggles and radical possibilities of youth culture in outer East London

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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:23 authored by Malcolm JamesMalcolm James
Drawing on an ethnography study, this paper addresses young people’s contemporary politics in outer East London. Through an exploration of online music videos and one girl’s story it engages with, and questions, prevailing academic discourses on the decline of youth politics. Foregrounding a conjunctural methodology, it discusses how young people’s political performances do indeed conform to the neoliberal matrix. However, beyond this, it also explores their struggles against neoliberal marginalisation and the possibility of radical politics beyond these constraints. The overall argument of this paper is to understand how young people’s politics are simultaneously conformist, agonist, and possibly radical in contemporary outer East London.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

European Journal of Cultural Studies

ISSN

1367-5494

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

2

Volume

20

Page range

107-124

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  • Media and Film Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-02-29

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2016-02-29

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-02-26

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