Bill Osgerby
Biographic Data
| ID | 281948 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bill Osgerby |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bill |
| FAMILY NAME | Osgerby |
| SIGNATURE | OSGERBY B |
| AFFILIATIONS | London Metropolitan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Youth Culture and the Media
This expansive, lively introduction charts the connections between international youth cultures and the development of global media and communication. From 1950s drive-ins and jukeboxes to contemporary social media, the book examines modern youth cultures in their social, economic, and political contexts. Exploring the rise of young people as a distinct media market, the book examines the relation of youth to modern consumerism, marketing, and di…
Youth Culture and Social Change
This chapter explores the experience of girls and young women involved in gang life. By drawing upon the testimony of gang-associated young people we ask whether young women are able to exercise enough power to build a credible identity and avoid victimisation in a patriarchal subculture that favours and fosters the agency of young men and positions young women as subordinate. We argue that young women are subjected to restrictions when attemptin…
Giving ‘Em Hell
From the 1940s to the mid-1960s, America's ‘true adventure’ pulp magazines offered a cocktail of action, adventure and lurid sleaze. Titles such as Male, Man's Life, Men Today, Stag and True Men brimmed with stories and features dealing with combat, crime, hunting, exploration and sport, alongside an array of pinups and prurient exposés. This article chronicles the history of the ‘true adventure’ genre, and relates its development and characteris…
Melissa Bingmann. Prep School Cowboys
The western frontier looms large in American national identity. Since the late nineteenth century, writers, filmmakers, and politicians have fostered a myth of the western wilderness as the crucible of a uniquely “American” pioneering spirit characterized by initiative, indomitability, and rugged individualism. In Prep School Cowboys: Ranch Schools in the American West, Melissa Bingmann presents an absorbing history of an institution whose role i…
Action TV
From re-runs of 'TV classics' like The Avengers or Starsky and Hutch, to soundtracks, club nights and film remakes such as Mission Impossible II, the action series is enjoying a popular revival. Yet little attention has been paid to the history, nature and enduring appeal of the action series, and its place in popular culture, past and present. Action TV traces the development of the action series from its genesis in the 1950s. From The Saint to …
Youth Culture, Popular Music and the End of ‘Consensus’ in Post-War Britain
Bovver' Books of the 1970s
Britain during the 1970s saw the publication of a spate of cheap, lurid novels based around the sensationalised portrayal of subcultural groups such as skinheads and motorcycle gangs. Publisher New English Library led the field, with books such as 'Skinhead' and 'Suedehead', and this article analyses such books in relation to their social, economic and political context. Focusing on the novels' narratives and representations, it argues that the g…
Playboy and the Making of the Good Life in Modern America . By Elizabeth Fraterrigo
Sleazy Riders
The author explores the nature, history, and significance of the wave of outlaw biker movies produced in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He argues that films such as The Wild Angels (1966) gave ambivalent treatment to the outlaw biker mythology. In some respects, the marauding motorcycle gang was presented as chilling evidence of a collapsing social order. In other respects, the biker movies reveled in their antiheroes' f…
A Pedigree of the Consuming Male
Youth Culture, Popular Music and the End of ‘Consensus’ in Post-War Britain
Bovver' Books of the 1970s
Britain during the 1970s saw the publication of a spate of cheap, lurid novels based around the sensationalised portrayal of subcultural groups such as skinheads and motorcycle gangs. Publisher New English Library led the field, with books such as 'Skinhead' and 'Suedehead', and this article analyses such books in relation to their social, economic and political context. Focusing on the novels' narratives and representations, it argues that the g…
Sleazy Riders
The author explores the nature, history, and significance of the wave of outlaw biker movies produced in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He argues that films such as The Wild Angels (1966) gave ambivalent treatment to the outlaw biker mythology. In some respects, the marauding motorcycle gang was presented as chilling evidence of a collapsing social order. In other respects, the biker movies reveled in their antiheroes' f…
A Pedigree of the Consuming Male
Sleazy Riders
The author explores the nature, history, and significance of the wave of outlaw biker movies produced in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He argues that films such as The Wild Angels (1966) gave ambivalent treatment to the outlaw biker mythology. In some respects, the marauding motorcycle gang was presented as chilling evidence of a collapsing social order. In other respects, the biker movies reveled in their antiheroes' f…
A Pedigree of the Consuming Male
Playboy and the Making of the Good Life in Modern America . By Elizabeth Fraterrigo
Youth Culture, Popular Music and the End of ‘Consensus’ in Post-War Britain
Bovver' Books of the 1970s
Britain during the 1970s saw the publication of a spate of cheap, lurid novels based around the sensationalised portrayal of subcultural groups such as skinheads and motorcycle gangs. Publisher New English Library led the field, with books such as 'Skinhead' and 'Suedehead', and this article analyses such books in relation to their social, economic and political context. Focusing on the novels' narratives and representations, it argues that the g…
Action TV
From re-runs of 'TV classics' like The Avengers or Starsky and Hutch, to soundtracks, club nights and film remakes such as Mission Impossible II, the action series is enjoying a popular revival. Yet little attention has been paid to the history, nature and enduring appeal of the action series, and its place in popular culture, past and present. Action TV traces the development of the action series from its genesis in the 1950s. From The Saint to …
Giving ‘Em Hell
From the 1940s to the mid-1960s, America's ‘true adventure’ pulp magazines offered a cocktail of action, adventure and lurid sleaze. Titles such as Male, Man's Life, Men Today, Stag and True Men brimmed with stories and features dealing with combat, crime, hunting, exploration and sport, alongside an array of pinups and prurient exposés. This article chronicles the history of the ‘true adventure’ genre, and relates its development and characteris…
Melissa Bingmann. Prep School Cowboys
The western frontier looms large in American national identity. Since the late nineteenth century, writers, filmmakers, and politicians have fostered a myth of the western wilderness as the crucible of a uniquely “American” pioneering spirit characterized by initiative, indomitability, and rugged individualism. In Prep School Cowboys: Ranch Schools in the American West, Melissa Bingmann presents an absorbing history of an institution whose role i…
Youth Culture and Social Change
This chapter explores the experience of girls and young women involved in gang life. By drawing upon the testimony of gang-associated young people we ask whether young women are able to exercise enough power to build a credible identity and avoid victimisation in a patriarchal subculture that favours and fosters the agency of young men and positions young women as subordinate. We argue that young women are subjected to restrictions when attemptin…
Youth Culture and the Media
This expansive, lively introduction charts the connections between international youth cultures and the development of global media and communication. From 1950s drive-ins and jukeboxes to contemporary social media, the book examines modern youth cultures in their social, economic, and political contexts. Exploring the rise of young people as a distinct media market, the book examines the relation of youth to modern consumerism, marketing, and di…
Sociology (9 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Art (4 works) · Art history (4 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Media studies (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works)