Generation Multiplex

The Image of Youth in American Cinema Since 1980

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Generation Multiplex (2002) was the first comprehensive study of the representation of teenagers in American cinema since David Considine’s Cinema of Adolescence in 1985. This updated and expanded edition reaffirms the idea that films about youth constitute a legitimate genre worthy of study on its own terms. Identifying four distinct subgenres-school, delinquency, horror, and romance-Timothy Shary explores hundreds of representative films while offering in-depth discussion of movies that constitute key moments in the genre, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Breakfast Club, Say Anything . . . , Boyz N the Hood, Scream, American Pie, Napoleon Dynamite, Superbad, The Twilight Saga, and The Hunger Games. Analyzing developments in teen films since 2002, Shary covers such topics as the increasing availability of movies on demand, which has given teens greater access to both popular and lesser-seen films; the recent dominance of supernatural and fantasy films as a category within the genre; and how the ongoing commodification of teen images in media affects real-life issues such as school bullying, athletic development, sexual identity, and teenage pregnancy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-04-01
Mått:140 x 216 x 28 mm
Vikt:739 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:436
Förlag:University of Texas Press
ISBN:9780292756625

Utforska kategorier

Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Timothy Shary is the author of Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen, coeditor with Alexandra Seibel of Youth Culture in Global Cinema, and editor of Millennial Masculinity: Men in Contemporary American Cinema. An independent scholar with a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Massachusetts, he has been a film studies professor at Clark University and the University of Oklahoma. He lives in Millsboro, Delaware.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword by Stephen TropianoPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Introduction: The Cinematic Image of Youth Social Representation and Genre TheoryThe Study of Youth, In and Out of MoviesChapter 2. Youth in School: Academics and Attitude Contexts and Trends in the SubgenreSchool KidsTransforming the NerdDelinquents and Their Avenues of AngerResisting RebelsThe Labor of Being PopularThe Sensitive AthleteConclusionChapter 3. Delinquent Youth: Having Fun, on the Loose, in Trouble Contexts and Trends in the SubgenreDelinquent StylesDeviant DancingNatural EncountersTough GirlsCrime Until 1999Crime after ColumbineConclusionChapter 4. The Youth Horror Film: Slashers and the Supernatural Contexts and Trends in the SubgenreHorror StoriesThe Slasher/Stalker FilmSupernatural MoviesConclusionChapter 5. Youth Romance: Falling in Love and the Fallout of Sex Contexts and Trends in the SubgenreFrom Adolescent Ardor to Juggling GenderFamily MattersPromsLosing VirginityBeing QueerPregnancyConclusionChapter 6. Conclusion: Youth Cinema into a New CenturyAfterword: Imagine Becoming Someone Catherine DriscollAppendix A. Filmography of Youth Films, 1980–2013Appendix B. Subjective Superlative ListsNotesBibliographyIndex