Generation_X_(1965_book)

<i>Generation X</i> (1964 book)

Generation X (1964 book)

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This article is about the 1964 book. For the demographic cohort, see Generation X.

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]

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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]

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