Hickey, Andrew (2008) iCon of a generation. In: Wittkower, Dylan E., (ed.) iPod and philosophy: iCon of an ePoch. Popular Culture and Philosophy (34). Open Court, Chicago, United States. ISBN 978-0-8126-9651-6
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Abstract
This chapter argues that the iPod and similar digital accoutrements of youth operate as a simulacrum of 'youth-ness'. Represented in the mass-communication networks of contemporary Western locales, ‘youthness’ maintains a set of specific thematic tropes repeated throughout the cultural network. Using the iPod as a symbolic representation of youthful ‘hipness’, ideas of youth-ness as commodified through mass communication networks are deconstructed.
| Item Type: | Book Chapter (Commonwealth Reporting Category B) |
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| Additional Information: | Permanent restricted access to paper due to publisher copyright restrictions. Print copy held in USQ Library at call no. 006.5 iPo. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | iPod, youthness, youth culture |
| Fields of Research (FOR2008): | 20 Language, Communication and Culture > 2002 Cultural Studies > 200299 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified |
| Subjects: | 420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies > 420399 Cultural Studies not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008): | UNSPECIFIED |
| ID Code: | 5610 |
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| Deposited On: | 28 Aug 2009 11:55 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jul 2011 14:38 |
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