Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in American Cinema since 1980
Autor Timothy Sharyen Limba Engleză Paperback – apr 2014
Preț: 264.85 lei
Nou
Puncte Express: 397
Preț estimativ în valută:
50.68€ • 52.62$ • 42.26£
50.68€ • 52.62$ • 42.26£
Carte indisponibilă temporar
Doresc să fiu notificat când acest titlu va fi disponibil:
Se trimite...
Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76
Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780292756625
ISBN-10: 0292756623
Pagini: 436
Ilustrații: 26 b&w photos
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
ISBN-10: 0292756623
Pagini: 436
Ilustrații: 26 b&w photos
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.74 kg
Ediția:Revised
Editura: University of Texas Press
Colecția University of Texas Press
Notă biografică
Timothy Shary is the author of Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen, coeditor with Alexandra Seibel of Youth Culture in Global Cinema, and editor of Millennial Masculinity: Men in Contemporary American Cinema. An independent scholar with a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Massachusetts, he has been a film studies professor at Clark University and the University of Oklahoma. He lives in Millsboro, Delaware.
Cuprins
- Foreword by Stephen Tropiano
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Cinematic Image of Youth
- Social Representation and Genre Theory
- The Study of Youth, In and Out of Movies
- Chapter 2. Youth in School: Academics and Attitude
- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre
- School Kids
- Transforming the Nerd
- Delinquents and Their Avenues of Anger
- Resisting Rebels
- The Labor of Being Popular
- The Sensitive Athlete
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3. Delinquent Youth: Having Fun, on the Loose, in Trouble
- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre
- Delinquent Styles
- Deviant Dancing
- Natural Encounters
- Tough Girls
- Crime Until 1999
- Crime after Columbine
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4. The Youth Horror Film: Slashers and the Supernatural
- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre
- Horror Stories
- The Slasher/Stalker Film
- Supernatural Movies
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5. Youth Romance: Falling in Love and the Fallout of Sex
- Contexts and Trends in the Subgenre
- From Adolescent Ardor to Juggling Gender
- Family Matters
- Proms
- Losing Virginity
- Being Queer
- Pregnancy
- Conclusion
- Chapter 6. Conclusion: Youth Cinema into a New Century
- Afterword: Imagine Becoming Someone Catherine Driscoll
- Appendix A. Filmography of Youth Films, 1980–2013
- Appendix B. Subjective Superlative Lists
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Descriere
Now updated and expanded to cover developments in teen films since 2002, Generation Multiplex remains the most comprehensive study of the representation of teenagers in American cinema from Fast Times at Ridgemont High to The Hunger Games.