Consuming youth : vampires, cyborgs, and the culture of consumption /
From the novels of Anne Rice to 'The Lost Boys', from 'The Terminator' to cyberpunk science fiction, vampires and cyborgs have become strikingly visible figures within American popular culture, especially youth culture. This book explains why, showing how fiction, film, and other...
| Основен автор: | Latham, Rob, 1959- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2002.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=212658 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Consuming youth. |
| Резюме: |
From the novels of Anne Rice to 'The Lost Boys', from 'The Terminator' to cyberpunk science fiction, vampires and cyborgs have become strikingly visible figures within American popular culture, especially youth culture. This book explains why, showing how fiction, film, and other media deploy these ambiguous monsters to embody and work through the implications of a capitalist system in which youth both consume and are consumed. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (x, 321 pages) : illustrations |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780226467023 0226467023 9780226468914 0226468917 9780226468921 0226468925 1281125849 9781281125842 |