A Cycle of Outrage: America's Reaction to the Juvenile Delinquent in the 1950s
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Book Overview
The youth culture is on everyone's lips today, as pressures build to ban controversial song lyrics, reintroduce school prayer, and prohibit teenagers' access to contraceptives. It's not the first time Americans have been outraged over the "seuction of the innocent." When James Dean and Marlon Brando donned their motorcycle jackets and adopted alienated poses in Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden, and The Wild One, in the 1950's, so did countless...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195037219
ISBN13:9780195037210
Release Date:March 1986
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"
Customer Reviews
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Amazing piece of work!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
I was doing a report based upon the film "Rebel Without A Cause" for an Art History class, and needed a book that discussed the causes and problems of the juvenile delinquency issues in the 1950s. This book was unbelievable in the amount of credible information it had discussing this issue. Highly recommended!
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