Title: Consuming youth : vampires, cyborgs, and the culture of consumption /
Authors: Latham, Rob, 1959-
Publisher: University of Chicago Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Consumer behavior United States.; Young adult consumers United States Attitudes.
Abstract: From the novels of Anne Rice to 'The Lost Boys', from 'The Terminator' to cyberpunk science fiction, vampires and cyborgs have become strikingly visible figures within American popular culture, especially youth culture. This book explains why, showing how fiction, film, and other media deploy these ambiguous monsters to embody and work through the implications of a capitalist system in which youth both consume and are consumed.