Gen X at Middle Age in Popular Culture

Herausgeber: Hollander, Pamela W.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the portrayal of Generation X in contemporary television, movies, music, and internet sources. Drawing on generational theory, cultural studies theory, race theory, and feminist theory, the essays analyze the role of Generation X in American popular culture in relation to both Baby Boomers and Millennials.

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Produktdetails

• Generation X: Studies in Culture, Demographics, and Media Representation
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 409g
• ISBN-13: 9781793617330
• ISBN-10: 1793617333
• Artikelnr.: 60154580

Autorenporträt

Edited by Pamela W. Hollander - Contributions by Melissa Vosen Callens; James Deys; Kellie Deys; Damon Franke; Helena Gurfinkel; Lee Okan; Pamela W. Hollander; Teresa Hubscher-Younger; David Isenberg; Zebulon Vance Miletsky; Nicholas Mohlmann; Sarah Parke

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Gen X "Brings It" to Adulthood
By Pam Hollander
Chapter 1: Cobra Kai: Flipping the Script and Finding Intergenerational
Balance
By Jim Deys
Chapter 2: The Countercultural Legacy of Generation X in Twin Peaks
By Damon Franke
Chapter 3: So Different Yet So Similar: Two Black Generation X Professors
Discuss Life at the Half Century Mark
By Elwood Watson & Zebulon Miletsky
Chapter 4: The Revisionist 3Rs: Revolutionize your Revolutions around the
Sun
By Sarah Parker
Chapter 5: The New Adult: A Media Comparison of Generation X, Millennials,
and Generation Z
By Lee Okan
Chapter 6: From Latchkey Kid to Granny Nanny: How Gen X Shaped the Modern
Family
By Melissa Vosen Callens
Chapter 7: Crimes of Trust: Middle-Aged Gen Xers In Ozark
By Marty Rapp
Chapter 8: "I Didn't Feel a Thing": The Gen X Trauma and Alternative
Families in My Golden Days
By Helena Gurfinkel
Chapter 9: The Aging Dilemma in Forever: Generation X Asks What It Means to
Live
By Kellie Deys
Appendix: Personal Essays on Generation X at Middle Age