ISBN:
0525936858
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 307 S.
Edition:
1. printing
Series Statement:
A Dutton book
DDC:
305.23/5/0973
Keywords:
Young adults Interviews
;
Young adults Attitudes
;
Interview
;
Erwachsener
;
USA
;
USA
;
USA
;
Erwachsener
;
Interview
Abstract:
They've been called "numb and dumb," "the new petulants," "slackers." They've been portrayed in novels as oversexed and overdosed. MTV's "The Real World," Fox's "Melrose Place," Generation X, and even a "Barbara Walters Special" have taken shots at defining today's twentysomething generation. Now, in this groundbreaking and eye-opening collection of interviews, Michael Lee Cohen reaches beyond the hype, the generalizations, and the convenient sound bites to reveal the thoughts and souls of Americans in their twenties: how they see themselves, what they want, what their concerns are for their futures and for society as a whole. Like the works of Studs Terkel, The Twentysomething American Dream gives these people a space where their voices may be heard clear and true
Abstract:
Who are they? Are they disenfranchised, disillusioned, and disconnected? Do they believe that the American Dream is alive and well or that it has become the Impossible Dream - a myth concocted by a Disneyland-era mentality? Their answers turn out to be complex, surprising, poignant, and always compelling
Abstract:
We meet Diana, twenty-five, a native of a Hispanic working-class neighborhood in Houston who is on her way to the Texas legislature...Adam, twenty-five, a Wall Street investment banker on the fast track toward his overriding goal of amassing immense wealth...Paul, twenty-three, a son of affluence who is now homeless and who spends his days and nights in a world of drugs and depression...Valerie, twenty-six, an African American woman climbing to success in advertising who spends her weekends counseling troubled teenagers...Vicente, twenty-seven, a child of migrant workers who is determined to organize his people into a potent political force...Susan, twenty-five, and Carter, twenty-eight, a newly-wed couple from the highest rungs of Southern society...Anthony, twenty-four, an African American from South Central Los Angeles who played by the rules, only to wind up with a college degree and no job...and Lavonda, twenty, who shines shoes and writes screenplays and dreams of becoming a fem
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