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Clerks - 'Over the Counter' Culture and Youth Cinema (Hardcover)
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Clerks - 'Over the Counter' Culture and Youth Cinema (Hardcover)
Series: Cinema and Youth Cultures
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This study of Kevin Smith's debut film breaks new ground by
exploring how Clerks sits at the intersection of political and
cultural trends relevant to alternative youth cultures in the early
1990s. Clerks (1994) was born of and appeals to a specific youth
subculture, with the multimedia 'View Askewniverse' developing out
of the film's initial release. Drawing on existing texts and
movements such as Richard Linklater's Slacker (1991), Douglas
Coupland's novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture and
alternative rock subcultures that had developed during and since
the 1980s, the film presents a comedic take on working as a young
person in 1990s America in a manner that was praised for its
authenticity. Filmed on a miniscule budget, the roughness of the
film's aesthetic, combined with a hard rock soundtrack comprised of
mostly independent bands, convinced many that it could speak for
young Americans, much more than polished, corporate Hollywood
productions. The book situates the film within this wider cultural
movement and cultural zeitgeist and explores the role of
working-class youth and employment in the years following
Reaganomics and its consequences, as well as providing insight into
the film's presentation of consumption and of its representation of
masculinity and sexuality. Clear, concise and comprehensive, the
book is ideal for students, scholars and those with an interest in
youth cinema, American independent film, Cult Film, Subcultures and
Counterculture, as well as both Film and American Studies more
broadly.
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