Rejuvenile Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-up

Name: Rejuvenile Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-up
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ISBN: 9781400080885

ISBN-10: 1400080886

ISBN-13: 9781400080885

Edition: 2006

Authors: Christopher Noxon

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Once upon a time, boys and girls grew up and set aside childish things. Nowadays, moms and dads skateboard alongside their kids and download the latest pop-song ringtones. Captains of industry pose for the cover of "BusinessWeek" holding Super Soakers. The average age of video game players is twenty-nine and rising. Top chefs develop recipes for Easy-Bake Ovens. Disney World is the world' s top adult vacation destination (that' s adults without kids). And young people delay marriage and childbirth longer than ever in part to keep family obligations from interfering with their fun fun fun. Christopher Noxon has coined a word for this new breed of grown-up: rejuveniles. And as a…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/20/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Christopher Noxon has written for The New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, and Salon. He lives with his wife and three children in Los Angeles. From the Hardcover edition.



Introduction


Roots of the rejuvenile


The rejuvenile at play


The lure of the toy


Uncle walt and the adult playground


Boomerangers, twixters, and panic over grown-up kids


Playalong parents and the proudly childfree


The rejuvenile grown up


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index