
Rebels : Youth and the Cold War Origins of Identity PDF
by Medovoi Leerom Medovoi
Part of the New Americanists series
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Alongside the young rebel, the contemporary concept of identity emerged in the 1950s. It was in that decade that "identity" was first used to define collective selves in the politicized manner that is recognizable today: in terms such as "national identity" and "racial identity." Medovoi traces the rapid absorption of identity themes across many facets of postwar American culture, including beat literature, the young adult novel, the Hollywood teen film, early rock 'n' roll, black drama, and "bad girl" narratives. He demonstrates that youth culture especially began to exhibit telltale motifs of teen, racial, sexual, gender, and generational revolt that would burst into political prominence during the ensuing decades, bequeathing to the progressive wing of contemporary American political culture a potent but ambiguous legacy of identity politics.
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:398 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:23/11/2005
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- ISBN:9780822387299
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:398 pages
- Publisher:Duke University Press
- Publication Date:23/11/2005
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- ISBN:9780822387299