Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction and Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980

by Peter Doyle, Andrew Nette, Stewart Home, et al.

Book Overview

Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats is the first comprehensive account of how the rise of postwar youth culture was depicted in mass-market pulp fiction. As the young created new styles in music, fashion, and culture, pulp fiction shadowed their every move, hyping and exploiting their behaviour, dress, and language for mass consumption and cheap thrills. From the juvenile delinquent gangs of the early 1950s through the beats and hippies,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1629634387
• ISBN13: 9781629634388
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: PM Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.0" x 10.3"