Author: ADELMAN, CLIFFORD
Title: Generations : a Collage on Youthcult
Description: Praeger Publishers. New York 1972. First Edition. A fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 321 pages; A serious. controversial. and highly literate attack on the myths and mythologizers of youthcult. 'Distinguishing three sub-generations within the larger group born between 1939 and 1954. Clifford Adelman convincingly demonstrates that commitment and involvement-whether in movies or other mass media. books or rock. ecology or communes- are lowest among the youngest subgroup. The electronic media and the schools have done their work too well. He feels that too many in the youngest group ' have lost the concrete language. perceptual skills and will-energy necessary both for coping with mainstream culture and for achieving their own announced goals of 'viable Alternatives.' Description: x. 321 p. 22 cm. Subjects:Young adults -- United States -- Teenagers.Weight in Kg appr.:

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