Larrikins. A History

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: University Of Queensland Press
Publisher Place: St Lucia
Publisher Year: 2012
Edition: First Edition

Description: 234 pages. Ex-Library. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Australia has often been said to possess a larrikin streak, from the Stiffy and Mo cartoons and the true-blue Crocodile Hunter to the characters in the silent film The Sentimental Bloke. When it first emerged around 1870, larrikin was a term of abuse, used to describe teenage, working-class hell-raisers who populated dance halls and cheap theaters, and this account journeys through the street-based youth subculture known as larrikinism between 1870 and 1920, swerving through the streets of Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney. Offering a glimpse into the lives of Australias first larrikinsand discussing bare-knuckle fighting, football-barracking, and knicker-flashing teenage girlsit charts the development of Australias larrikinism and presents fascinating historical perspectives on current youth issues, including gang violence, racist riots, and raunchy culture among adolescent girls.

ISBN: 9780702239120