In this summary you will learn
- How the mass media affected the identity of Generation X
- What specific cultural icons mean
- Why true originality is no longer possible in contemporary America
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Why you should read Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
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| Although he covers wildly varied topics, Chuck Klosterman’s lively, stylish collection of essays speaks for and largely to one generation: Gen X. The author focuses not just on pop culture, but instead on pop culture’s detritus. He doesn’t discuss the best pop culture products. Rather, he covers the random bits and pieces that interest him. Some of these subjects merit his attention, such as popular television shows like The Real World, which have shaped later genres. Some of the other topics to which Klosterman turns his intelligence, ready wit (and occasionally profane tongue) are less obviously relevant - such as the meaning of breakfast cereal ads. He would argue that it doesn’t matter, that everything in a society is connected and every part of popular culture tells us something about the way of life that produced it. Even so, you could still debate just what these specific items communicate - and while Klosterman’s conclusions are always entertaining, many of them are highly debatable. In the areas such as music and celebrity journalism, where he is deeply experienced, his conclusions are more convincing and his ideas are most interesting. In other areas where he seems to spin positions from a more limited perspective, he is intriguing, but much less convincing. Despite this mixed menu and mixed perspective, getAbstract.com recommends this clever manuscript to pleasure readers who want a fun ride through pop land and to serious readers who are trying to understand the Gen X mindset. |
About the Author
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A senior writer at Spin magazine, Chuck Klosterman is best known as a culture critic (focusing most often on music) and humorist, as seen in his books, Killing Yourself to Live and Fargo Rock City.
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