| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 173 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Cinema ; volume 15 |
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Routledge library editions. Cinema ; volume 15.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The End of the World (as we know it); 2 The Path of the Damned; 3 The Way of the Beautiful; 4 The Struggle for Fun; 5 The Apolitics of Style; 6 The Road to Ruin; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
This book analyses the teen film as the rare medium able to represent the otherwise chaotic and conflicting experience of youth. The author focuses on six major issues: alienation, deviance and delinquency, sex and gender, the politics of consumption, the apolitics of youth(ful) rebellion, and regression into nostalgia. Despite the many differences within the genre, this book sees all teen films as focused on a single social concern: the breakdown of traditional forms of authority - school, church, family. Working with the theories of such diverse scholars as Kenneth Keniston, Bruno |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-167) and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 3, 2015) |
| Subject |
Youth in motion pictures.
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Authority in motion pictures.
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Teen films -- Plots, themes, etc
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Culture in motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Authority in motion pictures
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Culture in motion pictures
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Youth in motion pictures
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317928782 |
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1317928784 |
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9781315855806 |
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1315855801 |
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