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Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats

Pulp Fiction and Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980

ISBN-13: 9781629634388

Contributor(s): Iain McIntyre (edited by), Andrew Nette (edited by), Peter Doyle (foreword by)

Subjects: Popular Culture

Publisher: Pm Press

Publisher Imprint: Pm Press

Publication Date: 01-11-2017

Format: Paperback

Availability: In stock

£28.99

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About the book

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.

Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats

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