Consuming youth

Klappentext From the novels of Anne Rice to "The Lost Boys!" from "The Terminator" to cyberpunk science fiction! vampires and cyborgs have become strikingly visible figures within American popular culture! especially youth culture. In "Consuming Youth!" Rob Latham explains why! showing how fiction! film! and other media deploy these ambiguous monsters to embody and work through the implications of a capitalist system in which youth both consume and are consumed. Arguing that contemporary images of vampires and cyborgs illuminate the contradictory processes of prosthetic empowerment and predatory exploitation that characterize the youth-consumer system! Latham offers detailed readings of major works of fiction! film! and cultural theory that centrally address issues related to youth! technology! and consumption. Zusammenfassung From the novels of Anne Rice to 'The Lost Boys'! from 'The Terminator' to cyberpunk science fiction! vampires and cyborgs have become strikingly visible figures within popular culture. In this work Rob Latham explains why! giving a perspective on youth culture and the media.

Product details

• Authors: Rob Latham, Robert Latham, Robert A. Latham
• Publisher: External catalogues US
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2002
• EAN: 9780226468921
• ISBN: 978-0-226-46892-1
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Advertising, marketing