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Rebels : youth and the Cold War origins of identity / Leerom Medovoi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Medovoi, Leerom, 1963-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- New Americanists.
- New Americanists
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Group identity--United States--History--20th century.
- Group identity.
- Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
- Cold War.
- Alienation (Social psychology)--United States--History--20th century.
- Alienation (Social psychology).
- Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.
- Alienation (Social psychology) in motion pictures.
- Youth in literature.
- Youth in motion pictures.
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
- Popular culture.
- United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (399 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
- Durham ; London : Duke University Press, [2005]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A cultural history of the political legitimization of youth rebellion during the Cold War era.
- Contents:
- Identitarian thought and the Cold War world
- Cold War literature and the national allegory : the identity canon of Holden Caufield
- Transcommodification : rock-n-roll and the suburban counterimaginary
- Identity hits the screen : teenpics and the boying of rebellion
- Oedipus in suburbia : bad boys and the Fordist family drama
- Beat fraternity and the generation of identity
- Where the girls were : figuring the female rebel
- Conclusion : the rise and fall of identity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-375) and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Digitalia, viewed February 23, 2023)
- ISBN:
- 9780822387299
- 0822387298
- OCLC:
- 649896551
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