Super Girls, Gangstas, Freeters, and Xenomaniacs: Gender and Modernity in Global Youth Culture

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Super Girls, Gangstas, Freeters, and Xenomaniacs gender and globalization Susan S. Wadley, Series Editor Other titles from Gender and Globalization Bodies That Remember: Women’s Indigenous Knowledge and Cosmopolitanism in South Asian Poetry Anita Anantharam Family, Gender, and Law in a Globalizing Middle East and South Asia Kenneth M. Cuno and Manisha Desai, eds. From Patriarchy to Empowerment: Women’s Participation, Movements, and Rights in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia Valentine M. Moghadam, ed. Hijab and the Republic: Uncovering the French Headscarf Debate Bronwyn Winter Imperial Citizen: Marriage and Citizenship in the Ottoman Frontier Provinces of Iraq Karen M. Kern La Chulla Vida: Gender, Migration, and the Family in Andean Ecuador and New York City Jason Pribilsky Making Miss India Miss World: Constructing Gender, Power, and the Nation in Postliberalization India Susan Dewey Policing Egyptian Women: Sex, Law, and Medicine in Khedival Egypt Liat Kozma Transforming Faith: The Story of Al-Huda and Islamic Revivalism among Urban Pakistani Women Sadaf Ahmad Super Girls, Gangstas, Freeters, and Xenomaniacs Gender and Modernity in Global Youth Cultures edited by Susan Dewey and Karen J. Brison syracuse university press Copyright © 2012 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2012 12 13 14 15 16 17 6 5 4 3 2 1 ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our Web site at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN (cloth): 978-0-8156-3274-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Super girls, gangstas, freeters, and xenomaniacs : gender and modernity in global youth cultures / edited by Susan Dewey and Karen J. Brison. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Gender and globalization) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3274-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Youth—Cross-cultural studies. 2. Youth—Social conditions. 3. Young women—Cross-cultural studies. 4. Civilization, Modern—21st century. I. Dewey, Susan. II. Brison, Karen J. HQ796.S897 2012 305.235—dc23 2012015459 Manufactured in the United States of America ...