Publication

2015-05-28 - Palgrave Macmillan

Language

English

Word Count

52,750 words, Guess

Page Count

211 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCHM726 .B75 2015
  • LCCHM721-726JC479HM401-

Description

"The dominant cultural script for Baby Boomers is that they have 'had it all' - the benefits of a booming economy, the welfare state, and personal freedoms - thereby depriving younger generations of the opportunity to create a life for themselves. Bristow provides a critical account of this discourse by locating the problematisation of the Baby Boomers within a wider ambivalence about the legacy of the Sixties. At the heart of generational conflict is the mediation between past, present and future: where society is preserved and made anew by the interaction between emerging adults and the existing cultural heritage. However, this process of cultural renewal is situated within people who also exist within intimate relationships. This book critiques 'Boomer Blaming', which has some troubling consequences for the construction of knowledge, the focus of social policy, and the experience of generational contact"--

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Baby Boomers and Generational ConflictHardcoverPalgrave Macmillan2015-05-28

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