Consuming youth : vampires, cyborgs, and the culture of consumption / Rob Latham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Latham, Rob, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Consumer behavior--United States.

Consumer behavior.

Young adult consumers.

United States.

Young adult consumers--United States--Attitudes.

Physical Description:

x, 321 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-303) and index.

ISBN:

0226468917

0226468925

OCLC:

47282944