ANDY BENNETT is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey. Prior to studying for his Ph.D at Durham University between October 1993 and October 1996 he spent two years in Germany working as a music teacher with the Frankfurt Rockmobil project. He has published articles on aspects of youth culture, popular music, local identity and music and ethnicity in a number of journals, including Sociological Review, Media Culture and Society and Popular Music. He is currently co-editing a book on guitar cultures.

'The book as a whole is well informed and neatly accomplished, amply fulfilling the three vital Cs of clarity, concision and coherence. Media and cultural studies students, along with those from sociology, cultural geography and popular music studies, will find this a very welcome addition to the growing literature on music and the local.' - European Journal of Communication 'A balanced, thoughtful overview.' - Alan Burton, De Montfort University

• PART 1 THEORIES OF YOUTH CULTURE AND POPULAR MUSICThe Sociology of Youth CultureYouth Culture and Popular MusicThe Significance of LocalityPART 2: LOCAL REPRESENTATIONS: CASE STUDIESDance Music, Local Identity and Urban SpaceBhangra and Asian Music: The Role of Local KnowledgeHip Hop am Main, Rappin' on the Tyne: Hip Hop Culture as a Local Construct in Two European CitiesThe Benwell Floyd: Local Live Music, Sociality and the Politics of Musical TasteConclusion: Youth, Music, Locality and IdentityBibliographyIndex.

ANDY BENNETT is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey. Prior to studying for his Ph.D at Durham University between October 1993 and October 1996 he spent two years in Germany working as a music teacher with the Frankfurt Rockmobil project. He has published articles on aspects of youth culture, popular music, local identity and music and ethnicity in a number of journals, including Sociological Review, Media Culture and Society and Popular Music. He is currently co-editing a book on guitar cultures.

'The book as a whole is well informed and neatly accomplished, amply fulfilling the three vital Cs of clarity, concision and coherence. Media and cultural studies students, along with those from sociology, cultural geography and popular music studies, will find this a very welcome addition to the growing literature on music and the local.' - European Journal of Communication 'A balanced, thoughtful overview.' - Alan Burton, De Montfort University

• PART 1 THEORIES OF YOUTH CULTURE AND POPULAR MUSICThe Sociology of Youth CultureYouth Culture and Popular MusicThe Significance of LocalityPART 2: LOCAL REPRESENTATIONS: CASE STUDIESDance Music, Local Identity and Urban SpaceBhangra and Asian Music: The Role of Local KnowledgeHip Hop am Main, Rappin' on the Tyne: Hip Hop Culture as a Local Construct in Two European CitiesThe Benwell Floyd: Local Live Music, Sociality and the Politics of Musical TasteConclusion: Youth, Music, Locality and IdentityBibliographyIndex.

ANDY BENNETT is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Surrey. Prior to studying for his Ph.D at Durham University between October 1993 and October 1996 he spent two years in Germany working as a music teacher with the Frankfurt Rockmobil project. He has published articles on aspects of youth culture, popular music, local identity and music and ethnicity in a number of journals, including Sociological Review, Media Culture and Society and Popular Music. He is currently co-editing a book on guitar cultures.

'The book as a whole is well informed and neatly accomplished, amply fulfilling the three vital Cs of clarity, concision and coherence. Media and cultural studies students, along with those from sociology, cultural geography and popular music studies, will find this a very welcome addition to the growing literature on music and the local.' - European Journal of Communication 'A balanced, thoughtful overview.' - Alan Burton, De Montfort University

• PART 1 THEORIES OF YOUTH CULTURE AND POPULAR MUSICThe Sociology of Youth CultureYouth Culture and Popular MusicThe Significance of LocalityPART 2: LOCAL REPRESENTATIONS: CASE STUDIESDance Music, Local Identity and Urban SpaceBhangra and Asian Music: The Role of Local KnowledgeHip Hop am Main, Rappin' on the Tyne: Hip Hop Culture as a Local Construct in Two European CitiesThe Benwell Floyd: Local Live Music, Sociality and the Politics of Musical TasteConclusion: Youth, Music, Locality and IdentityBibliographyIndex.