Golden State, Golden Youth: The California Image in Popular Culture, 1955-1966

Golden State, Golden Youth: The California Image in Popular Culture, 1955-1966
ISBN-10
0807853623
ISBN-13
9780807853627
Category
Social Science
Pages
266
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Univ of North Carolina Press
Author
Kirse Granat May

Description

Tracing the rise of the California teen as a national icon in the 1950s and 60s, Kirse May shows how idealised images of a suburban youth culture soothed America's post-war nerves while denying racial and urban realities.

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