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The figure of the rebel of the 1950s shaped the imagination of the American post-war generation. Yet the notoriety of the rebel resides uneasily beside that of the conformist, ironically one of the other central figures of the decade. This collection of essays, which originated at an international conference in Trier, Germany, in 2005, sets out to explain the multiple representations of rebellion and affirmation in 1950s American culture. It explores the ways in which rebellion was 'contained' and also disruptive during this pivotal decade of American ascendance on the global scene. In a series of essays written by prominent American Studies scholars in the United States and Germany, the collection explores the meaning of rebellion in the 1950s and its role in shaping theological, literary and cultural discourses.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Rebels without a Cause?
• Subtitle: Renegotiating the American 1950s
• Author: Gerd Hurm, Ann Marie Fallon
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 292
• EAN: 9783039109364
• ISBN: 9783039109364
• ID: 10026964
• Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
• Weight: 432 g
• Dimensions: 152 × 225 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. June 2007

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