Bill Osgerby is Emeritus Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at London Metropolitan University. He has published widely on twentieth-century British and American cultural history. His books include Youth in Britain Since 1945 and Youth Media.

• Chapter 1: Serving Up American Pie: Youth, Cinema and Vulgar Teen ComedyChapter 2: A Recipe for Success: The Rise of American PieChapter 3: Getting a Gross from Gross-Out: Hollywood, the Youth Market and American Pie.Chapter 4: 'Like Warm Apple Pie …': Gross-Out Humour and the Vulgar Teen ComedyChapter 5: 'High School Was Awesome': Constructions of Youth in American Pie Chapter 6: Vulgar Teen Comedy: The Last Crumbs

Bill Osgerby is Emeritus Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at London Metropolitan University. He has published widely on twentieth-century British and American cultural history. His books include Youth in Britain Since 1945 and Youth Media.

• Chapter 1: Serving Up American Pie: Youth, Cinema and Vulgar Teen ComedyChapter 2: A Recipe for Success: The Rise of American PieChapter 3: Getting a Gross from Gross-Out: Hollywood, the Youth Market and American Pie.Chapter 4: 'Like Warm Apple Pie …': Gross-Out Humour and the Vulgar Teen ComedyChapter 5: 'High School Was Awesome': Constructions of Youth in American Pie Chapter 6: Vulgar Teen Comedy: The Last Crumbs

Bill Osgerby is Emeritus Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at London Metropolitan University. He has published widely on twentieth-century British and American cultural history. His books include Youth in Britain Since 1945 and Youth Media.

• Chapter 1: Serving Up American Pie: Youth, Cinema and Vulgar Teen ComedyChapter 2: A Recipe for Success: The Rise of American PieChapter 3: Getting a Gross from Gross-Out: Hollywood, the Youth Market and American Pie.Chapter 4: 'Like Warm Apple Pie …': Gross-Out Humour and the Vulgar Teen ComedyChapter 5: 'High School Was Awesome': Constructions of Youth in American Pie Chapter 6: Vulgar Teen Comedy: The Last Crumbs