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Rebels : youth and the Cold War origins of identity / Leerom Medovoi.

e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive Available online

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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
PDF
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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