All shook up: the flash bodgie and the rise of the New Zealand teenager in the fifties
Maker and role
Redmer Yska, Author
Production date
1993
Object detail
Accession number
PUB-2019-4
Maker
Description
New Zealand in the Fifties is 'all shook up', emerging from the war years and uncertain about the future. Still in the grip of anti-communist fever, the National Government of the day sees the coming generation of restless, promiscuous teenagers as part of another godless conspiracy. The Government orders an official enquiry into moral delinquency and tries to suppress the American-influenced teenage subculture.
In an astonishing chapter of our recent social history, Redmer Yska traces the rise of 'the teenager' in the repressive climate that was Fifties New Zealand. What happened behind the bike sheds and in the milk bars was merely a symptom of unstoppable social change. New Zealand was becoming a prosperous consumer society. The teenager was here to stay." - back cover
Introduction - an afternoon in the late fifties / a new cold world / catching fire / youth aflame / beneath the covers / once inside a darkened theatre / jungle drums / death in the milkbar / the jukebox killer / go johnny go / references / bibliography / index
In an astonishing chapter of our recent social history, Redmer Yska traces the rise of 'the teenager' in the repressive climate that was Fifties New Zealand. What happened behind the bike sheds and in the milk bars was merely a symptom of unstoppable social change. New Zealand was becoming a prosperous consumer society. The teenager was here to stay." - back cover
Introduction - an afternoon in the late fifties / a new cold world / catching fire / youth aflame / beneath the covers / once inside a darkened theatre / jungle drums / death in the milkbar / the jukebox killer / go johnny go / references / bibliography / index
Media/Materials
Physical description
224 pages : photographs, illustrations (black and white) ; 22.7 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780140169997
Credit line
Redmer Yska. 1993. All shook up: the flash bodgie and the rise of the New Zealand teenager in the fifties, PUB-2019-4. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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