Cinema has always engaged with the experiences, hopes, fears, and
anxieties of—and about—adolescents, teenagers, and young
people. This book is a comprehensive and accessible history of the
depiction of teenagers in American film, from the silent era to the
twenty-first century. Timothy Shary explores the development of
teenage roles across eras and industrial cycles, such as the
juvenile delinquent pictures of the 1950s, the beach movies of the
1960s, the horror films of the 1980s, and the fantasy epics of the
2000s. He considers the varied genres of the teen movie—horror
and melodrama, romance and adventure, fantasy and science
fiction—and its shifting themes and tropes around sex and gender,
childhood and adulthood, rebellion and social order, crime and
consumer culture. Teen Movies features analyses of films such as
Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Splendor in the Grass (1961), Carrie
(1976), The Breakfast Club (1985), American Pie (1999), and the
Twilight series (2008–2012). This second edition is updated
throughout and features a new chapter examining Millennials and
Generation Z on screen, with discussions of many contemporary
topics, including queer youth in movies like Moonlight (2016),
abortion in films such as Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020), and
the flourishing of a “tween” cinema as seen in Are You There
God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023).
General
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Short Cuts |
| Release date: |
October 2023 |
| Authors: |
Timothy Shary
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Edition: |
second edition |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-231-20621-1 |
| Subtitles: |
English
|
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-231-20621-6 |
| Barcode: |
9780231206211 |
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