The Death Proclamation of Generation X: A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy of Goth, Grunge and Heroin (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780595505586)

Taking a hard, penetrating look at the despondent heart of darkness of the 1990s, The Death Proclamation of Generation X is a probing chronicle of America's thirteenth generation caught between the idealistic Baby Boomers and the well-financed Generation Y. Generation X was scapegoated and dismissed without the chance to prove themselves. Blending tenets of psychology, sociology, and cultural anthropology, author Maxim Furek offers a unique perspective to the post-modernist discourse by exploring the impact that personalities such as Andrew Wood, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley, River Phoenix, Marilyn Manson, and Anna Nicole Smith left on that generation. Evaluating the psychological and sociological variables of goth, grunge, and heroin, Furek weaves a dark tapestry of this unique demographic group born between 1965 and 1978. The Death Proclamation of Generation X pieces together the complexities of Generation X to acknowledge their individuality, honor their existence, and to celebrate their future. They are a group with their own identity of music, attitude, and culture. The resilience of Generation X is but another example of the power of this special collection of people-a group of highly skilled and adaptive individuals.

Author: Maxim W. Furek
ISBN-10: 0595505589
ISBN-13: 9780595505586
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 07/16/2008
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d