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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792695603321

Autore

Doherty Thomas Patrick

Titolo

Teenagers and teenpics [[electronic resource] ] : the juvenilization of American movies in the 1950s / / Thomas Doherty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2002

ISBN

1-282-65855-7

9786612658556

1-59213-787-3

Edizione

[Rev. and expanded ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

302.23/43/0973

Soggetti

Motion pictures - United States - History

Motion pictures and youth - United States

Teen films - United States - History and criticism

Teenagers in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Filmography: p. 237-250.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-236) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. American Movies as a Less-than-Mass Medium; 2. A Commercial History; 3. The Teenage Marketplace; 4. Rock 'n' Roll Teenpics; 5. Dangerous Youth; 6. The Horror Teenpics; 7. The Clean Teenpics; 8. Generation after Generation of Teenpics; Notes; Selected Filmography; Index to Film Titles; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Teenagers and Teenpics tells the story of two signature developments in the 1950's: the decline of the classical Hollywood cinema and the emergence of that strange new creature, the American teenager. Hollywood's discovery of the teenage moviegoer initiated a progressive ""juvenilization"" of film content that is today the operative reality of the American motion picture industry.The juvenilization of the American movies is best revealed in the development of the 1950's ""teenpic,"" a picture targeted at teenagers even to the exclusion of their elders. In a wry and readable style, Doherty define