Girl gangs, biker boys, and real cool cats : pulp fiction and youth culture, 1950 to 1980

McIntyre, Iain, (editor). Nette, Andrew, (editor.). Doyle, Peter, (editor).

Summary: 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 behavior, dress, and language for mass consumption and cheap thrills. 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. Featuring approximately 400 full-color covers, many of them never before reprinted, along with 70 in-depth author interviews, illustrated biographies, and previously unpublished articles, the book goes behind the scenes to look at the authors and publishers, how they worked, where they drew their inspiration and-often overlooked-the actual words they wrote. It is a must read for anyone interested in pulp fiction, lost literary history, retro and subcultural style, and the history of postwar youth culture.

Record details

ISBN: 9781629634388
ISBN: 1629634387
ISBN: 1629634921
ISBN: 9781629634920
ISBN: 1629634581
ISBN: 9781629634586
Physical Description: 1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Chicago : PM Press, [2017].
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page 320) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The Power of the Word; A Letter from Jane GallionSappho in Absence, by John Crosby -- Harris in Wonderland, by Philip Reid -- The Hardboiled Hippie: The Detective Fiction of Brad Lang -- Groupies and Immortals: Pulp Fiction Music Novels -- Hot Lips, by Jack Hanley -- Wild Beats: Australian Rock Pulps -- A Sad Song Singing, by Thomas B. Dewey -- Sir or Madam, Will You Read My Book? British Beat Group and Rock Fiction of the 1960s -- Cold Iron, by Robert Stone Pryor -- Drummer, by Richard Carlile
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.