Donna Gaines

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Donna Gaines (born 1951) is a sociologist, journalist, and social worker. She is best known for her work on youth suicide, and popular culture.

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A music writer for Rolling Stone, MS, the Village Voice, Spin, Newsday and Salon, Gaines is also acknowledged as an international expert[citation needed] on youth suicide and culture. According to a profile in Current Biography[citation needed], Gaines taught sociology at Barnard College of Columbia University and also at the Graduate Faculty of New School University, in New York City.

Her first book, Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids (1991) is widely considered a classic[citation needed] in sociology, described by Newsday's Emily White as a "landmark empathetic look at adolescent anomie." Gaines' second book, A Misfit’s Manifesto: The Sociological Memoir of a Rock & Roll Heart, published by Rutgers University Press in 2007 has been described as "an exploration of relationships between identity formation, popular culture, addiction, and spirituality,”[citation needed] hailed by Princeton sociologist Paul DiMaggio as "a new way to do sociology.”

[edit] External Sources

  • "Profile: Dr. Donna Gaines," in CURRENT BIOGRAPHY (June 2006, Volume 67; # 6.
  • "Rebel with a Theory" by Joanna Ebner, Footnotes, April 2004, publication of American Sociological Association.
  • Rocky Mountain News, review of A Misfit's Manifesto: The Spiritual Journey of a Rock & Roll Heart, Gil Asakawa, March 14, 2003, Denver, Colorado.
  • "Sacred Profanities: Youth Alienation, Popular Culture, and Spirituality. Interview With Donna Gaines, by Benjamin Frymer, in InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies (Volume 2, Issue 1, 2006)
  • Booklist, February 1, 2003, Mike Tribby, review of A Misfit's Manifesto: The Spiritual Journey of a Rock & Roll Heart, p. 963.
  • Bookwatch, August, 1992, review of Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids, p. 3.
  • Book World, May 31, 1992, review of Teenage Wasteland, p. 12.
  • Contemporary Sociology, March, 1992, Richard Lachmann, review of Teenage Wasteland, pp. 261-262.
  • Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, October, 1992, Allen Shelton, review of Teenage Wasteland, pp. 399-402.
  • Journal of Reading, April, 1994, review of Teenage Wasteland, p. 596.
  • Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, spring, 1994, review of Teenage Wasteland, p. 310.
  • Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide, September, 1992, review of Teenage Wasteland, p. 40.
  • Library Journal, February 1, 2003, Carol J. Binkowski, review of A Misfit's Manifesto, pp. 90-91.
  • New York Times Book Review, June 16, 1991, p. 20.
  • Tribune Books (Chicago, IL), July 12, 1992, review of Teenage Wasteland, p. 8.
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, February, 1992, review of Teenage Wasteland, p. 404.
  • Wilson Library Bulletin, February, 1992, Cathi Dunn Mac Rae, review of Teenage Wasteland, pp. 86-87.
  • "Saved? CBGB's Landmark Fight" by Tricia Romano, Village Voice, May 10th, 2005