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Author Medovoi, Leerom, 1963- author.

Title Rebels : youth and the Cold War origins of identity / Leerom Medovoi
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 287 pages) : illustrations
Series New Americanists
New Americanists.
Contents Identitarian thought and the Cold War world -- Cold War literature and the national allegory : the identity canon of Holden Caulfield -- 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
Summary Leerom Medovoi argues that youth culture first began to exhibit signs of teen, racial, sexual, gender and generational revolt during the Cold War, which burst into political prominence in the ensuing decades and left a legacy of potent but ambiguous identity politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-375) and index
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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
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory.
Alienation (Social psychology)
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature
Alienation (Social psychology) in motion pictures
Group identity
Intellectual life
Popular culture
Social aspects
Social conditions
Youth in literature
Youth in motion pictures
Jugend
Rebellion
Kulturelle Identität
Ost-West-Konflikt
Identiteit.
Jeugdcultuur.
Koude Oorlog.
Populaire cultuur.
Identité collective -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle.
Guerre froide -- Aspect social -- États-Unis.
Aliénation sociale -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle.
Jeunesse -- Dans la littérature.
Jeunesse -- Au cinéma.
culture populaire -- etat-unis -- 20e siecle.
SUBJECT United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140367
United States -- Social conditions -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140518
Subject United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822387299
0822387298