Article: Straight edge; clean-living youth, hardcore punk, and social change.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR DISCUSSES NEW BOOK ON STRAIGHT ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  December 1, 2006 ;     459 words ... ... research and new book on straight edge culture as a social ... discussed his book "Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean-Living Youth and Social Change" (Rutgers University ... 20061129.shtml. Straight edge is a youth movement ...

Article: U. Mississippi faculty members to lead discussion on gender ...
University Wire;  January 22, 2007 ;     688 words ... ... interest from all age groups it may specifically be of interest to a younger audience. "Straight Edge: Hardcore Punk, Clean-Living Youth and Social Change" focuses on gender studies on the edge of early 1980s rock and roll. Haenfler associates ...

Article: Straight edge lifestyle helps some achieve goals
University Wire;  January 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... commitment to not drink. Tom Wendland is straight edge. People who become straight edge choose to abstain from drinking, smoking ... a conscious decision at age 15 to become straight edge. He said that the decision was easy ...

Article: The straight edge subculture: Examining the youths' ...
Journal of Drug Issues;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... drug-free identity is presented. Straight Edge subculture differs from the other youth ... lifestyle. This research suggests that Straight Edge may be viewed as a fascinating movement ... interviews and ethnographic research on Straight Edge youths and discusses aspects of their ...

Transcript: STRAIGHT EDGE
ABC 20/20;  March 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... and alcohol? Well, a movement called Straight Edge encourages kids to do just that. Straight Edge sounds like a parent's dream come true ... John Quinones has a terrifying story of Straight Edge followers going way over the edge in ...

Article: LIFE ON THE STRAIGHT EDGE
The Boston Globe;  May 20, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... These kids and others like them are "straight edge," young people into hard-core music ... Mission Hill, who plays bass for the straight-edge band In My Eyes and studies at Tufts ... that his tongue is pierced. "To be straight edge and not partake in things most of society ...

Article: Life on the Straight Edge; For Some Young People, ...
The Washington Post;  September 9, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... 70s. Many of the kids here are "straight edge," a largely underground movement ... teenage drug abuse is on the rise again, straight edge kids have made a concerted effort to ... Montgomery Blair High senior who became straight edge a year and a half ago. "Being straight ...