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From flappers to rappers : the origins, evolution, and demise of youth culture / Marcel Danesi.

Danesi, Marcel, 1946- (author.).

Summary:

"This book offers a historical-critical analysis of how and why youth culture emerged and evolved in North America. The author traces the origins of youth in the Roaring Twenties as a distinct form of culture formed around jazz music and new ideologies. It was interrupted by World War II and the Great Depression but revived by the rock and roll of the 1950s, which gave it its energy and formed the basis from which all subsequent movements took their cue, from the counterculture to the rap movements. This book demonstrates how many political and social changes have resulted from the different youth movements over the course of the twentieth century. The author makes the compelling argument that with a radical shift in technology, youth culture is now coming to an end. He analyzes how we are evolving differently in an age of globalization and how we may no longer have the united community needed to sustain a youth culture, and what this implies for the world today."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781551309545
Physical Description: 246 pages ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Toronto ; Canadian Scholars, 2018.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- Chapter 1: Origins: From the Construction of Adolescence to the Roaring Twenties -- Prologue -- Adolescence -- Romanticism -- Flappers -- The Jazz Era -- The Mass Media -- Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Dada, and Futurism -- Epilogue -- Chapter 2: Rebirth and Rebellion: The 1950s -- Prologue -- Elvis Presley -- Rebellion -- Coolness -- The Rock Era -- Beat Writers and Pop Art -- Holden Caulfield, Happy Days, and The Truman Show -- Epilogue -- Chapter 3: Revolution: The counterculture Era -- Prologue -- The Beatles -- The Counterculture Era -- The Hippies -- Cooption -- Influences -- Epilogue -- Chapter 4: Mutation: The Post-Counterculture Era -- Prologue -- Metal -- Punk -- Goth -- Sexual Personae -- Disco -- Rave -- Epilogue -- Chapter 5: Integration: Rap and Hip-Hop -- Prologue -- Origins -- Rap -- Hip-Hop -- Gangsta Culture -- Epilogue -- Chapter 6: Demise: The Day the Music Died -- Prologue -- Technology and the Mass Media -- Cyberspace -- Meme Culture -- Adolescence Revised -- The Day the Music Died -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
Additional Physical Form available Note:	Issued also in electronic format.