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- A generation gap or generational gap is a difference of opinions and outlooks between one generation and another. These differences may relate to beliefs, politics, language, work, demographics and values.
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Sep 13, 2021 · The term ‘generation gap’ was not coined until the 1960s—to showcase the gulf in values between young ‘baby-boomers’ and their parents—but its dimensions were first articulated in the aftermath of the First World War.
- Helen Kingstone
- 13 September 2021
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Sep 13, 2021 · The paper emphasises the intersectional nature of any generational taxonomy in relation to class, gender, race and national context, drawing brief examples from independence-era Jamaica, post-Soviet Russia, and mid-twentieth-century UK and USA.
It reconstructs three discursive constellations around "generation" that have shaped the past century (the First World War and the "lost generation," the Holocaust and the "generation of postmemory," and the nexus between immigration and generation) with a focus on the question of how literature and literary.
Jun 23, 2021 · Inspired particularly by the philosopher Ortega y Gasset and by Mannheim, this article shows that generations conceptually crosscuts different disciplines. Drawing on sociology, philosophy, and history, it applies the concept to the identification of six generations in Spain with different collective identities.
Generation gap is a difference in values and attitudes between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents. These differences stem from older and younger people not understanding each other because of their differences in experiences, opinions, habits, and behavior.
- Nancy Mendez
Giancola (2006) described the notion of a “generation gap” as “more myth than reality” (p.32), while Lyons, Duxbury and Higgins (2007) noted the lack of sound empirical work investigating popular generational stereotypes.
What follows closely from the Webster’s definition of genera-tion is a definition of generation gap. That is the difference in mores between one generation and the next. But is it just mores that make a generation gap? Don’t historical experiences such as war and revolution play a part? Generational theorists seem to
