'The Delinquents': Censorship and Youth Culture in Recent U.S. History.

Y

20

Alienation; Censorship; Comics (Publications); Cultural Influences; Delinquency; Educational History; Films; Mass Media; Popular Culture; Popular Music; Radio; Social Attitudes; Social Indicators; Social Influences; Social Problems; Television; Youth Problems

0018-2680

Describes the efforts of authorities to respond to the burgeoning youth culture of the 1950s. Details the censorship efforts aimed at those aspects of youth culture (comic books, rock and roll) that were viewed as dangerous and subversive. Identifies these effort within the corresponding social, political, and cultural climate. (MJP)

1998

EJ558946