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Author:

Medovoi, Leerom, 1963-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

ix, 287 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Group identity--United States--History--20th century.
Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
Alienation (Social psychology)--United States--History--20th century.
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.
Identiteit.
Jeugdcultuur.
Koude Oorlog.
Populaire cultuur.
United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1945-
7.150.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-375) and index.

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.

Series:

New Americanists

ISBN:

9780822336921 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0822336928 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780822336808 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0822336804 (cloth : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60349176

LCCN:

2005012087

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)