Stop Mugging Grandma: The 'Generation Wars' and Why Boomer Blaming Won't Solve Anything
Jennie Bristow
Abstract
Millennials have been incited to regard their parents' generation as entitled and selfish, and to blame the baby boomers of the 1960s for the cultural and economic problems of today. But is it true that young people have been victimized by their elders? This book looks at generational labels and the groups of people they apply to. It argues that the prominence and popularity of terms like ‘baby boomer’, ‘millennial’, and ‘snowflake’ in mainstream media operates as a smoke screen — directing attention away from important issues such as housing, education, pensions, and employment. The book syst ... More
Keywords: Millennials, young people, baby boomer, millennial, snowflake
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2019 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300236835 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: May 2020 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300236835.001.0001 |
