10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YUPPIE»
Discover the use of
yuppie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
yuppie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
He is a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and president of the Museum of the City of New York. This is his thirty-eighth book, the most recent being The Book Class and Honorable Men.
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English First: How to Not Talk Like a Christian
Yuppie
Communicating the importance of proper diction for Christians, in English First, author Pan Troglodytes provides a guide for learning to talk and write like a humble Christian, in American English.
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Seeing Through the Eighties: Television and Reaganism
Yuppie Envy and Yuppie Guilt: L.A. Law and thirtysomething Yuppies could not
during the Reagan years be successfully directly represented on network TV.
Since the true yuppie image is a comic parody and especially considering no one
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A parody of children's texture books describes the world of the Yuppie and lets the reader touch sheepskin seat-covers, fresh pasta, and the brick of a new condominium
Jim Becker, Andy Mayer, 1986
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Driven: Inside BMW, the Most Admired Car Company in the World
The term yuppie, say some researchers, was first used in print by Chicago
Tribune columnist Bob Greene in a March 1983 piece on Jerry Rubin, a hippie-
turned-yuppie, and was bandied about extensively in the 1984 presidential
campaign in ...
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Twentysomething, Floundering, and Off the
Yuppie Track: A ...
Discusses many of the dilemmas faced by those in their twenties--career confusion, relationship troubles, and self-concept--and teaches the skills necessary to cope with adulthood and get the most out of life
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Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980s
Just as the phrase "the Big Chill" meant selling out, not hanging out; just as
Reagan fostered materialism rather than facilitating idealism, the 1980s' yuppie
was ubiquitous but illusory. Perhaps America's most famous yuppie, Michael J.
Fox, ...
i. Post-Yuppie. America. o. N THE BUS A FEW WEEKS AGO, I HEARD the refrain
once again: someone blaming the elevation of Poppy Bush on the "goddamn
yuppies." The original description by satirist Alice Kahn of a group of acquisitive,
...
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The Films of the Eighties: A Social History
'"Studio executives relate to them,' insists a marketing executive who requests
anonymit v. 'It's a high-pressure, brutally competitive environment that mirrors the
style and workings of making movies.'"1 Yuppie filmmakers like Steven Spielberg
, ...
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Social Communication in Advertising: Consumption in the ...
We have uncovered virtually no evidence that would support the yuppie class
thesis, the notion that a synergism among the component elements of yup—
piedom makes yuppies somehow sui generis politically. More than 85% of the
impact of ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YUPPIE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
yuppie is used in the context of the following news items.
'American Psycho' musical heading to Broadway with Benjamin …
It centres on a yuppie serial killer who is obsessed with high-end clothes and beauty products even as he slashes his way through Manhattan. Christian Bale ... «680 News, Jul 15»
Mayoral candidates: Ban rush-hour trucks “building yuppie flats for …
There are all these construction trucks building yuppie flats for Russian oligarchs. “I think you could ban most lorries at these times. I'd particularly like to see ... «London Loves Business, Jul 15»
Photos show alleged vandal behind 'Go home yuppie scum' graffiti …
JERSEY CITY — Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a man seen in new security footage allegedly spray painting "GO HOME YUPPIE SCUM! «NJ.com, Jun 15»
How yuppie guilt killed the It bag
There was a time when all Posh Spice had to do was step out with a $4000 designer handbag on her arm to start a global run on a product worth the equivalent ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
'GO HOME YUPPIE SCUM' graffiti in Jersey City denounces …
A vandal spray-painted "GO HOME YUPPIE SCUM!" on the front of the new residential building next door to City Hall in Downtown Jersey City. Charles & Co. «NJ.com, Jun 15»
'Go home yuppie scum!' graffiti found on Downtown Jersey City …
An unknown graffiti artist spray-painted "GO HOME YUPPIE SCUM!" on the front of the new residential building next door to City Hall in Downtown Jersey City. «NJ.com, Jun 15»
Yuccie - The Blend of Hipster And Yuppie Has Emerged
Hipsters, yuppies, and now yuccies? It's common knowledge that -insert hip city here- has been overrun with young, white creatives who gentrify neighborhoods ... «Complex, Jun 15»
'Yuppie flu' link to genes
AUSTRALIAN scientists have uncovered genetic changes in the body that could finally settle the debate about whether chronic fatigue syndrome is just “yuppie ... «Herald Sun, May 15»
Tell-Tale Signs of the Modern-Day Yuppie
Of all the family-newspaper-appropriate socioeconomic slurs, one that was ubiquitous in the 1980s and '90s is slowly on its way out in this millennium: yuppie. «New York Times, May 15»
London Police Tear Gassed Some Window-Smashing Yuppie …
Officers from London's Metropolitan Police sprayed CS gas at protesters in Brixton on Saturday, after they'd smashed in the windows of Foxtons estate agents ... «VICE, Apr 15»
