What happens to punks, clubbers, goths, riot grrls, soulies, break-dancers and queer scene participants as they become older?

Andy Bennett is Director of the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas at Griffith University.Paul Hodkinson is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey.

IntroductionAgeing and Youth Cultures, Andy Bennett, Griffith University and Paul Hodkinson, University of Surrey, UKPart One: Ageing, Image and Identity'More than the Xs on my Hands': Older Straight Edgers and The Meaning of Style, Ross Haenfler, University of Mississippi, USAPerformances of Post-Youth Sexual Identities in Queer Scenes, Jodie Taylor, Griffith University, AustraliaAgeing Rave Women's Post-Scene Narratives, Julie Gregory, Queen's University, CanadaPart Two: Constraints of the Ageing Body'Each One Teach One': B-Boying and Ageing, Mary Fogarty, York University Toronto, CanadaSlamdancing, Ageing and Belonging, William Tsitos, University of Arizona, USARock Fans' Experiences of the Ageing Body: Becoming More Civilized, Lucy Gibson, University of Manchester, UKPart Three: Resources and ResponsibilitiesDance Parties, Lifestyle and Strategies for Ageing, Andy Bennett, Griffith University, AustraliaPunk, Ageing and the Expectations of Adult Life, Joanna Davis, University of California, Santa Barbara, USAAlternative Women Adjusting to Ageing: How to Stay a Freak at Fifty, Samantha Holland, Leeds Metropolitan University, UKPart Four: Ageing CommunityThe Collective Ageing of a Goth Festival, Paul Hodkinson, University of Surrey, UKStrong Riot Women and the Continuity of Feminist Subcultural Participation, Kristen Schilt, University of Chicago, USA and Danielle Giffort, University of Illinois at Chicago, USAParenthood and the Transfer of Subcultural Capital in the Northern Soul Scene, Nicola Smith, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UKBibliographyIndex