Includes bibliographical references and index. "First published 2000 as The radiant hour: versions of youth in American culture by University of Exeter Press"--Verso title page.
Contents:
Wanting to be Lisa : generational rifts, girl power and the globalization of surf culture / Krista Comer. Fresh contacts : global culture and the concept of generation / Charles R. Acland -- Children of the revolution : fiction takes to the streets / Elizabeth Young -- Disposable youth/disposable futures : the crisis of politics and public life / Henry A. Giroux -- "Splendid fun" in "Elsewhere" : textual treats for contemporary readers in Susan Coolidge's What Katy did and other "classic" North American stories for girls / Jenny Robinson -- Ideologies of youth and the Bildungsroman[c]e of S.E. Hinton / David Holloway -- "Something you can't unhear" : youth, history and the West in Larry Watson's Montana 1948 / Neil Campbell -- "Teensomething" : American youth programming in the 1990s / Simon Philo -- The body's in the trunk : (re-)presenting Generation X / Jon Lewis -- "Be childish, be irresponsible, be disrespectful, be everything this society hates" : punk, youth and protest / Simon Philo -- Wanting to be Lisa : generational rifts, girl power and the globalization of surf culture / Krista Comer.
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