| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 269 pages) |
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On youth cultural studies / Neil Campbell -- 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 Bildungsromane 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 : generation rifts, girl power and the globalization of surf culture / Krista Comer |
| Summary |
Surfing, punk rock, Dawson's Creek, teen movies, MTV and S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders are among the many popular cultural landmarks examined in American Youth Cultures. It considers themes such as race, class, gender, power, sexuality and authority and presents innovative and challenging analyses of texts from the post-war period. Key questions are raised about the significance of youth within American culture. Contributing to the necessary and important debate over the meanings of youth representation within American culture, the ideological nature of youth and its centrality to a complex reading of popular culture are emphasised. In particular the issues of gender, race and sexuality are considered as central to the construction of youth identity and to other significant relationships between youth and authority. The contradictions in youth representation are asserted, denying any easy definitions that might serve to compound stereotypes or sustain vested interests. The authors show how the cultural politics of youth are no longer only about being young but rather associated with both personal and public values, aspirations and ideologies that extend way beyond any simple consideration of the self. Key Features: * The only available book on the subject * Youth is shown to be central to contemporary American culture * Contributors bring a range of approaches to bear on representations of youth in American culture |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
"First published 2000 as The radiant hour: versions of youth in American culture by University of Exeter Press"--Title page verso |
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| SUBJECT |
Universidad Sergio Arboleda gnd |
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Youth -- United States.
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Mass media and youth -- United States
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Youth in literature.
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Popular culture -- United States.
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Television and youth -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Youth in literature
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Mass media and youth
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Popular culture
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Television and youth
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Youth
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Jugendkultur
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Repräsentation Soziologie
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Jugend
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United States
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USA
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Campbell, Neil, 1957-
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| ISBN |
9781474465595 |
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1474465595 |
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