{"product_id":"girl-gangs-biker-boys-and-real-cool-cats-pulp-fiction-and-youth-culture-1950-to-1980-9781629634388","title":"Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction and Youth Culture, 1950 to 1980","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGirl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats\u003c\/em\u003e is the first comprehensive account of how the rise of postwar youth culture was depicted in mass-market pulp fiction. As the young created new styles in music, fashion, and culture, pulp fiction shadowed their every move, hyping and exploiting their behaviour, dress, and language for mass consumption and cheap thrills. From the juvenile delinquent gangs of the early 1950s through the beats and hippies, on to bikers, skinheads, and punks, pulp fiction left no trend untouched. With their lurid covers and wild, action-packed plots, these books reveal as much about society's deepest desires and fears as they do about the subcultures themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGirl Gangs\u003c\/em\u003e features approximately 400 full-color covers, many of them never reprinted before. With 70 in-depth author interviews, illustrated biographies, and previously unpublished articles from more than 20 popular culture critics and scholars from the US, UK, and Australia, the book goes behind the scenes to look at the authors and publishers, how they worked, where they drew their inspiration and--often overlooked--the actual words they wrote. Books by well-known authors such as Harlan Ellison and Lawrence Block are discussed alongside neglected obscurities and former bestsellers ripe for rediscovery. It is a must read for anyone interested in pulp fiction, lost literary history, retro and subcultural style, and the history of postwar youth culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include Nicolas Tredell, Alwyn W. Turner, Mike Stax, Clinton Walker, Bill Osgerby, David Rife, J.F. Norris, Stewart Home, James Cockington, Joe Blevins, Brian Coffey, James Doig, David James Foster, Matthew Asprey Gear, Molly Grattan, Brian Greene, John Harrison, David Kiersh, Austin Matthews, and Robert Baker.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Doyle\u003c\/b\u003e is an Australian author, musician, and visual artist. His book \u003ci\u003eGet Rich Quick\u003c\/i\u003e won the 1996 Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Novel. \u003cb\u003eIain McIntyre\u003c\/b\u003e is a Melbourne-based author, musician, and community radio broadcaster, who has written a variety of books on activism, history, and music. \u003cb\u003eAndrew Nette\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and pulp scholar based in Melbourne, Australia. He is one of the founders of Crime Factory Publications and coedited \u003ci\u003eHard Labour \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLEE\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516156186898,"sku":"9781629634388","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3dde225a-e471-438f-bf62-f71fecc77e29.jpg?v=1731020292","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/girl-gangs-biker-boys-and-real-cool-cats-pulp-fiction-and-youth-culture-1950-to-1980-9781629634388","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}