edited by Christine Henseler
Routledge 2012,
available on Amazon in paperback and kindle
"This exciting collection of essays explores Generation X as a
global phenomenon in an approach that combines literary, political, and cultural analysis. The result is a cutting-edge volume that offers a broad, international, and rich study of Generation X, making the book essential reading for anyone interested in new insights into Generation X and global views on youth culture." -- Sonia Baelo-Allué, University of Zaragoza This edited volume is the first book of its kind to engage critics’ understanding of Generation X as a global phenomenon. Citing case studies from around the world, the research collected here broadens the picture of Generation X as a demographic and a worldview. The book traces the global and local flows that determine the identity of each country’s youth from the 1970s to today. Bringing together twenty scholars working on fifteen different countries and residing in eight different nations, this book present a community of diverse disciplinary voices. Contributors explore the converging properties of "Generation X" through the fields of literature, media studies, youth culture, popular culture, sociology, philosophy, feminism, and political science. Their ideas also enter into conversation with fourteen other "textbox" contributors who address the question of "Who is Generation X" in other countries. Taken together, they present a highly interactive and open book format. ADDITIONAL GENERATION X SNAPSHOTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Anne Brydon (Iceland) Ian Condry (Japan) Stephen Epstein (Korea) Tomasc Ferenc (Poland) Yvonne Förster-Beuthan (Germany) Andrea Harris (US/Gender) Scott Henderson (Canada) Isidora Jaric (Serbia) Yana Hashamova (Russia) Christina Lee (Australia) Brent Luvaas (Indonesia) Robert Morace (Scotland and China) Sanaz Raji (Iran) Jill Robbins (Spain) Guillermina Seri (Argentina) Timothy Tangherlini (Korea) |
TABLE OF CONTENTS Forward Daniel Leidl American X: The Ironic History of a Generation Introduction Christine Henseler Generation X Goes Global: Tales of Accelerated Cultures What Generation X? Moving Beyond the White Middle Class Slacker Shakuntala Banaji A Tale of Three Worlds or More: Young People, Media and Class in India Jan Schenk and Jeremy Seekings Locating Generation X: Taste and Identity in Transitional South Africa Mwenda Ntarangwi Generation X Meets the Uhuru Generation in East Africa Generation X Rocks to Scenes, Screens and Comic Strips William García Young, Sexy, and Transnational in Mexico and Brazil: Commodifying the Generation X in Antonio Serrano’s Sexo, pudor y lágrimas and Its Film Versions Harry H. Kuoshu A Century-end Rock Scene and China’s Generation X on Screen Evi Sampanikou Generation X in Greek Comics Riding on Airwaves, Playing for Real, and Reading without a Net Claire Bracken An Irish Feminist GenX Aesthetic: Televisual Memories in Anne Enright’s The Wig My Father Wore Alain-Philippe Durand Defending Narcissus: Frédéric Beigbeder and the French Pop Novel Virginia Newhall Rademacher Playing for Real: Simulated Games of Identity in Spain’s Gen X Narrative Juan Manuel Espinosa Opio en las Nubes’s Liquid World: Colombia’s Generation X Reads without a Net Tracing Generation X: Going, Going...Still Not Gone? Giancarlo Lombardi Tutti pazzi per amore: Gen X, Italian Style Elena Omelchenko Russian Youth from the 1990s until 2010: Generational Changes Carles Feixa, Maricela Portillo, Maritza Urteaga, Yanko González, Oscar Aguilera From Generation X to Generation @: Transitional Traces and Youth Identities in Latin America Conclusion Mark LeVine Generation G Comes of Age: Youth and Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa |