Teen film [electronic resource] : a critical introduction / Catherine Driscoll.
Driscoll, Catherine.
2011
PN1995.9.Y6 D75 2011eb
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access

Details

Title Teen film [electronic resource] : a critical introduction / Catherine Driscoll.
Author Driscoll, Catherine.
Edition English ed.
ISBN 9781847886873 (cloth)
9781847886866 (pbk.)
9781847888440
9781847888457 (e-book)
Publication Details Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2011.
Language English
Description ix, 198 p. : ill.
Call Number PN1995.9.Y6 D75 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.430835
Summary "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, Donnie Darko and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-192) and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Series Berg film genres series.
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
pt. 1. Histories
pt. 2. Film teens
pt. 3. Liminal teen film.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export