Generation X (1965 book)
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| Author | Jane Deverson and Charles Hamblett |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Tandem Books |
Publication date | 1965 |
| Pages | 192 pp. |
| OCLC | 828705 |
Generation X is a 1965 165-page book on popular youth culture by British journalists, Jane Deverson and Charles Hamblett.[1] It contains interviews with teenagers who were part of the Mod subculture. It began as a series of interviews in a 1964 study of British youth, commissioned by British lifestyle magazine Woman's Own where Deverson worked. The interviews detailed a culture of promiscuous and anti-establishment youth, and was seen as inappropriate for the magazine.[2]
Generation X, a punk rock band that English musician Billy Idol formed in 1976, was named after the book—a copy of which was owned by Idol's mother.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Charles Hamblett british journalist
- ↑ Asthana, Anushka & Thorpe, Vanessa. "Whatever happened to the original Generation X?". The Observer. January 23, 2005.
- ↑ Generation X - A Punk History with Pictures
External links
- The original Generation X - BBC News Magazine article on the book
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