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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828036403321

Autore

Smith Frances (Frances Catherine Elizabeth)

Titolo

Rethinking the Hollywood teen movie : gender, genre and identity / / Frances Smith [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020

ISBN

1-4744-3172-0

1-4744-3845-8

1-4744-1311-0

1-4744-1310-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 213 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Edinburgh scholarship online

Classificazione

AP 53250

Disciplina

791.4/3652350979494

Soggetti

Teen films - United States - History and criticism

Teenagers in motion pictures

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2017.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Rethinking the Teen Movie -- 3. Acting Up -- 4. Making Over -- 5. Looking Back -- 6. Becoming Other -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph considers the aesthetic and narrative potential of this highly popular, yet often overlooked, film genre. Reconsidering tropes such as the male juvenile delinquent figure, the makeover and the teen vampire, the book uses a series of detailed case studies of films like 'Rebel Without a Cause,' 'Grease,' 'Heathers' and 'Twilight' to explore the genre's relation to critical concepts of intersectionality, postfeminism and the posthuman. It is an innovative overview of the Hollywood teen movie and its construction of teen identity.