Steve Redhead (January 1952 in Shropshire – 8 March 2018)[1] was the Professor of Jurisprudence and Head of Law in the Faculty of Arts at Charles Sturt University.
Combining law and cultural studies, his scholarship focused on theories of deviance in both football fandom and dance cultures, along with current interests in speed, terrorism, football memoirs, war and theories of social change.
Redhead was known for a series of scholarly innovations, in theories of deviance, (post) youth culture and accelerated modernity.
[4] He also was the head of the Creative Industries Taskforce for the Geoff Gallop Government in Western Australia.
[6] His best-known books include Rave Off, End of the Century Party, Repetitive Beat Generation and Sing When You're Winning.