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CONTENTS
Chapter One
Constructs in the History of Subcultural Youth 1
Locating Youth: What Are Youth Subcultures? 5
Youth and Youth Subcultures as a Topic of Scholarly Enquiry 13
Popular Culture, Urban History, and Subcultural Representation 20
Chapter Two
“All Roads Lead to Accra”:
Changing Worldviews among Urbanites 40
The Changing Face of Accra in the Early Colonial
Era, 1877-1918 44
Becoming a “Colonial” City: The Struggle for Cultural
Space, 1918-1939 48
The Second World War and Its Aftermath 60
Globalizing Influences during the Second World War 71
Conclusion 80
Chapter Three
Crisis and Isolation: The “Invention of Youth” 83
Population and Immigration in the Post-War Era 85
Urban Social Problems: Housing, Economics, and
Unemployment 92
Social Protest 104
Education and (Un)Employment 109
The Problem of the School Leavers 116
Conclusion 123
Chapter Four
Cultural Images and Icons: Technological Changes
and Youth Cultural Expressions in the 1950s 127
Media and Technology 128
Hanging around the Cinema 144
The Changing Cultural Scene: Class and Generational
Divides in Popular Culture Expression 151
Changing Modes of Dress: Zoot Suits and Youth Identity 153
Entertainment and Nightlife in the 1950s: Elite Culture 160
“Mainstream” Urban Culture 164
Underclass Youth and Accra Nightlife 169
Americanization and “Scrap Band Mania” 175
Conclusion 183
Chapter Five
“Rain or Shine We Gonna’ Rock!” 187
Subcultural Formation 190
New Diversions 203
Public Expressions of Rock ‘n’ Roll Culture 208
Localizing Dance Styles: Class and Generational Conflict 217
Mainstream Twisting 226
Soul to Soul 230
Conclusion: Shifting Identities in Youth Subcultural
Expressions 232
Chapter Six
Modernizing Traditions: “My Own Form of Highlife” 239
The Origins and Spread of Kpanlogo 244
Underclass Youth as Cultural Brokers 253
The Struggle for Control of Popular Expression 263
Transforming Identities and Creating Opportunities 271
Conclusion: Modernizing Tradition 276
Chapter Seven
Conclusion: The Transformation of Youth 279
The Invention of Youth: The Second World War and the
Roots of a Youth Class 280
The Search for Meaning: New Cultural Expressions in
the 1950s 282
Transformed Identities: Subcultural Expressions in the
Early Independence Era 284
Continuity and Change in Youth Expressions 287
Accra Subcultures: A Quest for Modernity 291
Bibliography 293
Vita 320