Sentences with phrase «american youth subculture»

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This body of work — a significant addition to the legacy of American subculture photography forged by the likes of Peter Hujar, David Wojnarwicz, Philip - Lorca diCorcia and Nan Goldin — is characterized by McGinley's idiosyncratic admixture of hopefulness and self - awareness, as well as his unembarrassed disclosure of the melodrama of youth, its inextricably intertwined joy and heartbreak: the artist shows us his debauched, frequently naked friends, laughing and weeping, taking drugs and having sex, tagging walls and pissing off roofs.

Luis Gispert's sculptures and photographs depict a «hip - hop baroque» aesthetic and a subject matter that touches upon themes of American youth culture, class and values, and status - driven subcultures.

However, youths growing up in impoverished, inner - city neighborhoods face obstacles to conventional development.1, 2 Many African - American adolescents are caught up in the subculture of «the streets» and, in the transition to adulthood, risk becoming school dropouts, premature parents, marginally employed adults, welfare recipients, and struggling family members.