A cycle of outrage : America's reaction to the juvenile delinquent in the 1950s. / James Gilbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gilbert, James Burkhart, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile delinquency--United States--Public opinion.

Juvenile delinquency.

Deviant behavior in mass media.

Teenagers in mass media.

Teenagers--United States--Public opinion.

Teenagers.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

United States--Social conditions--1945-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The youth culture is on everyone's lips today, as pressures build to ban controversial song lyrics, reintroduce school prayer, and prohibit teenagers' access to contraceptives. It's not the first time Americans have been outraged over the ""seuction of the innocent."". When James Dean and Marlon Brando donned their motorcycle jackets and adopted alienated poses in Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, and The Wild One, in the 1950's, so did countless numbers of American teenagers. Or so it seemed to their parents. American teenagers were looking and acting like juvenile delinquents. By mid-deca

Contents:

Contents; Introduction The Social History of an Idea; 1 A Problem of Behavior; 2 Rehearsal for a Crime Wave; 3 Controlling Public Opinion; 4 The Great Fear; 5 The Lawyers' Dilemma; 6 Crusade Against Mass Culture; 7 The Intellectuals and Mass Culture; 8 Delinquency Theory: From Structure to Subculture; 9 Mass Media and Delinquency: A National Forum; 10 Movies and the Censorship of Mass Culture; 11 Juvenile Delinquency Films; 12 Selling Youth Culture; 13 Postscript; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-280-76013-3

9786610760138

0-19-802075-9

0-19-536356-6

OCLC:

609831504