Medovoi, Leerom, 1963-

Rebels youth and the Cold War origins of identity / [electronic resource] : Leerom Medovoi. - Durham : Duke University Press, 2005. - ix, 287 p. : ill. - New Americanists . - e-Duke books scholarly collection. New Americanists. .

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

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.

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Group identity--History--United States--20th century.
Cold War--Social aspects--United States.
Alienation (Social psychology)--History--United States--20th century.
Alienation (Social psychology) in literature.
Alienation (Social psychology) in motion pictures.
Youth in literature.
Youth in motion pictures.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Intellectual life--20th century.
United States--Social conditions--1945-


Electronic books.

E169.12 / .M425 2005