1 option
The world according to Y : inside the new adult generation / Rebecca Huntley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huntley, Rebecca.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generation Y--United States.
- Generation Y.
- Intergenerational relations--United States.
- Intergenerational relations.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 218 pages ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2006.
- Summary:
- Fresh insight into the "troublesome" Generation Y- the children of baby boomers- is offered in this personal, witty, and thought-provoking analysis. This fascinating volume investigates Gen-Yers' attitudes about sex, relationships, marriage, friendship, consumerism, celebrity, body image, work, politics, and religion. Also addressed is how the generation defines happiness, and what it envisions for the future.
- Contents:
- 1 From X to Y 1
- 2 Chicks before dicks, bros before 'hos 24
- 3 Germaine Greer has left the Big Brother house 41
- 4 Mr Right or Mr Right Now? 58
- 5 Maybe forever 74
- 6 A job for life 88
- 7 The world is a fucked-up place 103
- 8 It's painful to be sexy 120
- 9 We decide what's cool 143
- 10 The searching thing 159
- 11 The future's so bright, I gotta wear shades 177.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1741148456
- OCLC:
- 69993258
- Online:
- Publisher description
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.