Mediated Boyhoods: Boys Teens and Young Men in Popular Media and Culture brings together work from various disciplines that explores the relationships among the everyday lives of boys and such media platforms as television films games sports music urban and suburban culture fashion young adult novels Facebook MySpace and YouTube. Offering a comprehensive overview of boyhood studies chapters consider questions about the current state of boyhood as it is represented in the popular media; the ways that boys are influenced by and work to influence popular culture; the ways that popular texts often reflect adult expectations anxieties and prejudices about boys and boyhood; and the ways that boys teens and young men are often able to reflect upon and to act sometimes unpredictably to resist subvert or re-imagine and re-create popular culture and media. The volume serves as a companion to Mediated Girlhoods: New Explorations of Girls' Media Culture edited by Mary Celeste Kearney. Language: English