Rebels : youth and the Cold War origins of identity Identitarian thought and the Cold War world Cold War literature and the national allegory : the identity canon of Holden Caufield Transcommodification : rock n roll and the suburban counterimaginary Identity hits the screen : teenpics and the boying of rebellion Oedipus in suburbia : bad boys and the Fordist family drama Beat fraternity and the generation of identity Where the girls were : figuring the female rebel Conclusion : the rise and fall of identity.