AMERICAN TEENAGERS ON THE RISE: YOUTH CULTURE OF THE 1950’s AND 60’s

Text and Video by Larry Freeman
The boiling, tempestuous energy, innate wanderlust and search for self of teen youth collides with the culture bending power of rock and roll music.
In the 1950's, teenagers asserted and informally cultivated a media catalyzed identity and, for the first time, became a distinctive, recognized culture unto themselves in the change driven times between childhood and adulthood.
This panoply of print materials and record jackets gives a brief chronicle on the ongoing battle between inherent and socialized teen traits to stand out, bust out and push the boundaries vs elder society's ...