Teen film : a critical introduction / Catherine Driscoll.
Series: Berg film genres series: Publisher: Oxford, England ; New York, New York : Berg, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Edition: English editionDescription: 1 online resource (ix, 198 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource001: 44211ISBN: 9781847888457 (e-book)Subject(s): Teen films -- History and criticism | Teenagers in motion pictures | ART / Film & Video | PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & CriticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Teen film : a critical introduction.DDC classification: 791.430835 LOC classification: PN1995.9.Y6 | .D757 2011Online resources: Click to View| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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What makes a film a teen film? And why, when it represents such powerful and enduring ideas about youth and adolescence, is teen film usually viewed as culturally insignificant?
Teen film is usually discussed as a representation of the changing American teenager, highlighting the institutions of high school and the nuclear family, and experiments in sexual development and identity formation. But not every film featuring these components is a teen film and not every teen film is American. Arguing that teen film is always a story about becoming a citizen and a subject, Teen Film presents a new history of the genre, surveys the existing body of scholarship, and introduces key critical tools for discussing teen film.
Surveying a wide range of films including The Wild One , Heathers , Akira and Donnie Darko , the book's central focus is on what kind of adolescence teen film represents, and on teen film's capacity to produce new and influential images of adolescence.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-192) and index.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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