Generation X

"the term Generation X . . . from a book written in 1991. . . By the same name.

is a fictional book about three strangers who decide to distance themselves from society to get a better sense of who they are. . . . [Douglas Coupland, author,] describes the characters as 'underemployed, overeducated, intensely private and unpredictable'"

(Jochim, 1997, ¶ 4).

Generation X Consumer Product

Generation X technically comprises the generation following the Baby Boom generation; born between 1965 and 1980. In the article, "Generation X defies definition," Jennifer Jochim (1997) asserts that the definition for Xers varies with different sources: "Generation X can technically be defined as the generation following the Baby Boomers. Xers were born between 1965 and 1980, 1961 and 1981, 1964 and 1979, 1963 and 1979, 1965 and 1975 or since the mid-1960s" (¶ 2). In 2011, Xers typically range from 31 to...
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