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

Author(s): Iain McIntyre, Andrew Nette

UNDERCULTURE... MISC | PUBLICATION DESIGN

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, on to bikers, skinheads, and punks, pulp fiction left no trend untouched. With their lurid covers and wild, action-packed plots, these books reveal as much about society's deepest desires and fears as they do about the subcultures themselves.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9781629634388
  • : PM Press
  • : PM Press
  • : November 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Iain McIntyre, Andrew Nette
  • : Paperback
  • : 1711
  • : 328