Gen X at Middle Age in Popular Culture

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Generation X: Studies in Culture, Demographics, and Media Representation

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Beskrivning

Born roughly between 1964 and 1980, Generation X has received much less critical attention than the two generations that precede and follow it: the Baby Boomers and Millennials. This essay collection examines representations of Generation X in contemporary popular culture, including in television, movies, music, and internet sources. Drawing on generational theory, cultural studies theory, race theory, and feminist theory, the essays in this volume consider the past identities of Generation X, relationships with members of younger generations, modern appropriation of Generation X aesthetics, interactions of Generation X members with family, and the existential values of Generation X.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-12-10
Mått:162 x 241 x 17 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Generation X: Studies in Culture, Demographics, and Media Representation
Antal sidor:172
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:9781793617330

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Pamela W. Hollander is associate professor in the education department at Worcester State University in Massachusetts.

Recensioner i media

A window into our preoccupations as a generation, Hollander’s perceptive book provides Gen Xers (and those who study them) a way to make sense of our distinctive histories: as a group whose parents essentially left us to our own devices, for better or for worse. It comes as a relief and a revelation to learn where we fit in and what marks us as a tribe.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Gen X “Brings It” to Adulthood By Pam HollanderChapter 1: Cobra Kai: Flipping the Script and Finding Intergenerational BalanceBy Jim DeysChapter 2: The Countercultural Legacy of Generation X in Twin Peaks By Damon FrankeChapter 3: So Different Yet So Similar: Two Black Generation X Professors Discuss Life at the Half Century Mark By Elwood Watson & Zebulon MiletskyChapter 4: The Revisionist 3Rs: Revolutionize your Revolutions around the SunBy Sarah ParkerChapter 5: The New Adult: A Media Comparison of Generation X, Millennials, and Generation ZBy Lee OkanChapter 6: From Latchkey Kid to Granny Nanny: How Gen X Shaped the Modern Family By Melissa Vosen CallensChapter 7: Crimes of Trust: Middle-Aged Gen Xers In OzarkBy Marty RappChapter 8: “I Didn’t Feel a Thing”: The Gen X Trauma and Alternative Families in My Golden DaysBy Helena GurfinkelChapter 9: The Aging Dilemma in Forever: Generation X Asks What It Means to LiveBy Kellie DeysAppendix: Personal Ess