The Outsiders - Adolescent Tenderness and Staying Gold (Hardcover)

This volume traces the unique trajectory of The Outsiders, from beloved book to beloved movie. Based on S.E. Hinton's landmark novel, Coppola's film adaptation tells the story of the Greasers, a gang of working-class boys yearning for security, love, and acceptance in a world ruled by their rival gang, the rich Socs. The Outsiders: Adolescent Tenderness and Staying Gold explores the cultural impact of Hinton's book, the process by which Coppola made the film, the film's melodramatic components, the marketing of the movie to a young female audience, and the nostalgia industry that has emerged around it in recent decades, thereby illuminating how The Outsiders stands apart from other teen films of the 1980s. In its depiction of the emotional rather than sexual lives of young men on film and its recognition of the desires of teen girls as an audience, The Outsiders distinguishes itself from the standard teen fare of the era. With seriousness and sincerity, Coppola's film captures the essence of the oft-repeated, timeless message of the story: 'Stay gold.' This volume engages with a wide range of disciplinary approaches-film studies, gender studies, and literary and cultural studies-in order to distinguish The Outsiders as the significant contribution to youth culture that it was in the early 1980s and continues to be in the twenty-first century. The book fills a gap in existing scholarship on youth culture, and is ideal for scholars, students and teachers in youth cultures, Young Adult literature, film studies, cultural studies, and gender studies.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cinema and Youth Cultures
Release date:	2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Ann M Ciasullo
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	168
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-213338-6
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Films, cinema > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	1-03-213338-4
Barcode:	9781032133386

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