Documentary on the term Yuppie - Part two

Title

Documentary on the term Yuppie - Part two

Genre

Interview; Documentary

TX Date

Oct 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:05:32

Description

Second part of a documentary on the term, Yuppie. Includes cultural analysis of the term, analysis of yuppies’ wavering political stance, analysis of their consumer habits, anaysis of their diet, an interview with an unidentified male who claims to be a yuppie, journalist Ann Barr who has written extensively on the subject and collaborated with Peter York, Peter York (collaborating author of The Official Sloane Ranger Diary) on their fashion sense, and interview with Ken Dampier who works in the advertising industry. Also includes music tracks, Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen and Money for Nothing by Dire Straits. Produced (and presented?) by Halina Kierkuc.

Contributors

Peter York; Ann Barr; Ken Dampier; Halina Kierkuc

Keywords

Advertising; Fashion; Voting behaviour; Culture; Consumers; Diet; Social class; Upper class; Cross cultural analysis

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