All shook up
An edition of All shook up (1993)
the flash bodgie and the rise of the New Zealand teenager in the fifties
By Redmer Yska
Publish Date
1993
Publisher
Penguin Books
Language
eng
Pages
224
Description:
Yska writes of New Zealand in the 1950s, emerging from the war years and uncertain about the future. A Cold War-obsessed conservative government sees the rising generation of restless, promiscuous teenagers as part of another godless conspiracy. As the events portrayed in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures play out, the state tries to suppress the American influenced teenage subculture.
subjects: Social life and customs, Popular culture, Teenagers, Conflict of generations, History
People: Peter Jackson
Places: New Zealand
Times: 1950s