Rebels : youth and the Cold War origins of identity / Leerom Medovoi.

SeriesNew Americanists
New Americanists. ^A346168
Contents 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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [359]-375) and index.
LCCN 2005012087
ISBN0822336804 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0822336928 (pbk. : alk. paper)