Rebels: youth and the Cold War origins of identity

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Identitarian Thought and the Cold War World -- 2. Cold War Literature and the National Allegory: The Identity Canon of Holden Caulfield -- 3. Transcommodification: Rock 'n' Roll and the Suburban Counterimaginary -- 4. Identity Hits the Screen: Teenpics and the Boying of Rebellion -- 5. Oedipus in Suburbia: Bad Boys and the Fordist Family Drama -- 6. Beat Fraternity and the Generation of Identity -- 7. Where the Girls Were: Figuring the Female Rebel -- Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of Identity -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Identitarian thought and the Cold War world -- Cold War literature and the national allegory : the identity canon of Holden Caufield -- Transcommodification : rock-n-roll and the suburban counterimaginary -- Identity hits the screen : teenpics and the boying of rebellion -- Oedipus in suburbia : bad boys and the Fordist family drama -- Beat fraternity and the generation of identity -- Where the girls were : figuring the female rebel -- Conclusion : the rise and fall of identity.