{"product_id":"gentlemen-of-the-shade-jen-sookfong-lee-9781770413139","title":"Gentlemen of the Shade: My Own Private Idaho","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eGus Van Sant's film and the '90s cult of the alternative\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGus Van Sant's 1991 indie darling \u003ci\u003eMy Own Private Idaho\u003c\/i\u003e perplexed and provoked, inspiring a new ethos for a new decade: being different was better than being good. \u003ci\u003eGentlemen of the Shade\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the film was a coming-of-age for a generation of young people who would embrace the alternative and bring their outsider perspectives to sustainability, technology, gender constructs, and social responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMy Own Private Idaho\u003c\/i\u003e -- fragmented and saturated with colour and dirt and a painfully beautiful masculinity -- also crept into popular media, and its influence can still be traced. R.E.M. Portlandia. Hipsterism. James Franco. Referencing the often-funny and sometimes-tragic cultural touchstones of the past 26 years, \u003ci\u003eGentlemen of the Shade\u003c\/i\u003e sets the film as social bellwether for the many outsiders who were looking to join the right, or any, revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Pop Classics Series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort books that pack a big punch, Pop Classics offer intelligent, fun, and accessible arguments about why a particular pop phenomenon matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jen Sookfong Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770413138\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770413139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ECW Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.90w x 0.20d","brand":"Jen Sookfong Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43984253714687,"sku":"9781770413139","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2915a46-6e1e-49a3-b91b-d369472b9815.jpg?v=1683271327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gentlemen-of-the-shade-jen-sookfong-lee-9781770413139","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}