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Author May, Kirse Granat

Title Golden state, golden youth : the California image in popular culture, 1955-1966 / by Kirse Granat May
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (243 pages) : illustrations
Contents Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Suburban Eden; 2. California Disneying; 3. Come Along and Sing Our Song; 4. Gidget Without a Cause; 5. Wish They All Could Be California; 6. Beach Blanket California; 7. Berkeley and Watts; 8. Reagan's Conservative Wave; 9. Endless Summer; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; P; R; S; T; U; W
Summary May explores the creation and dissemination of idealized images of California youth culture--broadcast, for example, through beach movies such as Gidget, TV shows such as the Mickey Mouse Club, and the music of the Beach Boys--that came to dominate the popular imagination in the 1950s and 1960s
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-239) and index
Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Popular culture -- California -- History -- 20th century
Mass media -- Social aspects -- California -- History -- 20th century
Youth -- California -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
Baby boom generation -- California -- History
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Mass media and youth -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Baby boom generation -- United States -- History
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies.
Baby boom generation
Civilization
Manners and customs
Mass media and youth
Mass media -- Social aspects
Popular culture
Youth -- Social life and customs
Populaire cultuur.
Jeugd.
Baby boom.
Leefwijze.
Massamedia.
Jugendkultur
Alltagskultur
SUBJECT California -- Civilization -- 20th century
California -- Social life and customs -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018895
Subject California
United States
Kalifornien
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780807898963
0807898961
9781469604251
1469604256