Generation X (1964 book)

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Generation X
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AuthorJane Deverson and Charles Hamblett
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAnthony Gibbs & Phillips Ltd.
Publication date
1964
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages192 pp.
OCLC 828705

Generation X is a 1964 192-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. [2] The interviews detailed a culture of promiscuous and anti-establishment youth, and was seen as inappropriate for the magazine. [3]

Contents

Cultural influences

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. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Charles Hamblett british journalist
  2. ↑ "The original Generation X". BBC News. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  3. ↑ Asthana, Anushka & Thorpe, Vanessa. "Whatever happened to the original Generation X?". The Observer . January 23, 2005.
  4. ↑ Generation X - A Punk History with Pictures
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