Title: All shook up
Description: Yska writes of New Zealand in the 1950s, emerging from the war years and uncertain about the future. A Cold War-obsessed conservative government sees the rising generation of restless, promiscuous teenagers as part of another godless conspiracy. As the events portrayed in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures play out, the state tries to suppress the American influenced teenage subculture.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Popular culture, Teenagers, Conflict of generations, History
Places: New Zealand
People: Peter Jackson
Time periods: 1950s