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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816361503321

Autore

Medovoi Leerom <1963->

Titolo

Rebels [[electronic resource] ] : youth and the Cold War origins of identity / / Leerom Medovoi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Durham, : Duke University Press, 2005

ISBN

0-8223-8729-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (399 p.)

Collana

New Americanists

Disciplina

302.5/4/0973

Soggetti

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

United States Intellectual life 20th century

United States Social conditions 1945-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

A cultural history of the political legitimization of youth rebellion during the Cold War era.