Rebels - Youth and the Cold War Origins of Identity

Informationen zum Autor Leerom Medovoi is Associate Professor of English at Portland State University and Director of the Portland Center for Cultural Studies. Klappentext A cultural history of the political legitimization of youth rebellion during the Cold War era. Zusammenfassung A cultural history of the political legitimization of youth rebellion during the Cold War era Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii 1. Identitarian Thought and the Cold War World 1 2. Cold War Literature and the National Allegory: The Identity Canon of Holden Caulfield 53 3. Transcommodification: Rock ‘n’ Roll and the Suburban Counterimaginary 91 4. Identity Hits the Screen: Teenpics and the Boying of Rebellion 135 5. Oedipus in Suburbia: Bad Boy and the Fordist Family Drama 167 6. Beat Fraternity and the Generation of Identity 215 7. Where the Girls Were: Figuring the Female Rebel 317 Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of Identity 331 Notes 359 Works Cited 377 Index

Product details

• Authors: Leerom Medovoi, Medovoi Leerom
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.11.2005
• EAN: 9780822336808
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-3680-8
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: New Americanists
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, The Americas