CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1. Identitarian Thought and the Cold War World 1
5. 2. Cold War Literature and the National Allegory: The Identity Canon of Holden Caulfield 53
6. 3. Transcommodification: Rock ’n’ Roll and the Suburban Counterimaginary 91
7. 4. Identity Hits the Screen: Teenpics and the Boying of Rebellion 135
8. 5. Oedipus in Suburbia: Bad Boys and the Fordist Family Drama 167
9. 6. Beat Fraternity and the Generation of Identity 215
10. 7. Where the Girls Were: Figuring the Female Rebel 265
11. Conclusion: The Rise and Fall of Identity 317
12. Notes 331
13. Works Cited 359
14. Index 377