03273nam 2200649Ia 450 991078098070332120230207230948.00-8078-9896-1(CKB)2520000000007750(EBL)880287(OCoLC)607828365(MiAaPQ)EBC880287(Au-PeEL)EBL880287(CaPaEBR)ebr10367510(CaONFJC)MIL930845(EXLCZ)99252000000000775020010824d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||Golden state, golden youth[electronic resource] the California image in popular culture, 1955-1966 /by Kirse Granat MayChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20021 online resource (256 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5362-3 0-8078-2695-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-239) and index.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;Seen as a land of sunshine and opportunity, the Golden State was a mecca for the post-World War II generation, and dreams of the California good life came to dominate the imagination of many Americans in the 1950's and 1960's. Nowhere was this more evident than in the explosion of California youth images in popular culture. Disneyland, television shows such as The Mickey Mouse Club, Gidget and other beach movies, the music of the Beach Boys--all these broadcast nationwide a lifestyle of carefree, wholesome fun supposedly enjoyed by white, middle-class, suburban young people in CaliforniaPopular cultureCaliforniaHistory20th centuryMass mediaSocial aspectsCaliforniaHistory20th centuryYouthCaliforniaSocial life and customs20th centuryBaby boom generationCaliforniaHistoryPopular cultureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMass mediaSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryMass media and youthUnited StatesHistory20th centuryBaby boom generationUnited StatesHistoryCaliforniaCivilization20th centuryCaliforniaSocial life and customs20th centuryPopular cultureHistoryMass mediaSocial aspectsHistoryYouthSocial life and customsBaby boom generationHistory.Popular cultureHistoryMass mediaSocial aspectsHistoryMass media and youthHistoryBaby boom generationHistory.306.09794979.4/053979.4053May Kirse Granat1473522MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780980703321Golden state, golden youth3686719UNINA