{"product_id":"consuming-youth-robert-latham-9780226468914","title":"Consuming Youth: Vampires, Cyborgs, and the Culture of Consumption","description":"From the novels of Anne Rice to \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Boys\u003c\/i\u003e, from \u003ci\u003eThe Terminator\u003c\/i\u003e to cyberpunk science fiction, vampires and cyborgs have become strikingly visible figures within American popular culture, especially youth culture. In \u003ci\u003eConsuming Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, Rob Latham explains why, showing how fiction, film, and other media deploy these ambiguous monsters to embody and work through the implications of a capitalist system in which youth both consume and are consumed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by Marx's use of the cyborg vampire as a metaphor for the objectification of physical labor in the factory, Latham shows how contemporary images of vampires and cyborgs illuminate the contradictory processes of empowerment and exploitation that characterize the youth-consumer system. While the vampire is a voracious consumer driven by a hunger for perpetual youth, the cyborg has incorporated the machineries of consumption into its own flesh. Powerful fusions of technology and desire, these paired images symbolize the forms of labor and leisure that American society has staked out for contemporary youth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA startling look at youth in our time, \u003ci\u003eConsuming Youth\u003c\/i\u003e will interest anyone concerned with film, television, and popular culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Latham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226468917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226468914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 6.38w x 0.97d","brand":"Robert Latham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086412329215,"sku":"9780226468914","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec06fadf-31ca-43f0-834a-5363c424c7cc.jpg?v=1769094524","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/consuming-youth-robert-latham-9780226468914","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}