Contesting Respect: Mutual Respect, Positive Futures and the Cultural Intermediary

Abstract

In recent years the terminology of respect has become somewhat ubiquitous and has virtually taken on the status of a commodity form. Gangsta rappers seek out the veneer of authenticity through demands for ‘it’, political parties embrace it as a title with electoral appeal, whilst social commentators and policy makers lament its absence amongst the constituencies of young people.....