The Anatomy of 'cool'

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1.3, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Amerikanistik und Anglistik), course: From Rebel to Coolhunter? Representations of Adolesecence in American Literature and Culture in the 20th Century, language: English, abstract: 21st Century American Adolescents are no longer able to rebel against traditional Authorities such as Family and State. If at all, they can merely rebel against American Consumer Culture as such, which has long turned the Act of Youth Rebellion itself into Manifold Branded Lifestyles with certain Class Distinctions.