Generation X: tales for an accelerated culture
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Andy, Dag and Claire have been handed a society beyond their means. Twenty-somethings, brought up with divorce, Watergate and Three Mile Island, and scarred by the 80's fallout of yuppies, recession, crack and Ronald Reagan, they represent the new generation - Generation X. They have quit dreary careers and cut themselves adrift in the California desert. Unsure of their futures, they immerse themselves in a regime of heavy drinking and working in no-future McJobs in the service industry. Underemployed, over-educated and intensely private and unpredictable, they have nowhere to direct their anger, no one to assuage their fears, and no culture to replace their anomie. So they tell stories: disturbingly funny tales that reveal their barricaded inner world.
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Coupland, D. (2017). Generation X: tales for an accelerated culture. Twenty-fifth anniversary edition. Abacus.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Coupland, Douglas. 2017. Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Abacus.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Coupland, Douglas, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Abacus, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Coupland, Douglas. Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. Twenty-fifth anniversary edition. Abacus, 2017.
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