Teen film
Subtitle: a critical introduction
By: Catherine Driscoll
Edition: English ed.
Series: Film genres
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781847886873; 9781847886866
Subjects: Teenagers in motion pictures; Teen films; History and criticism; ART / Film & Video; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Description: "What makes a film a teen film? And why, when it represents such powerful and enduring ideas about youth and adolescence, is teen film usually viewed as culturally insignificant? Teen film is usually discussed as a representation of the changing American teenager, highlighting the institutions of high school and the nuclear family and experiments in sexual development and identity formation. But not every film featuring these components is a teen film and not every teen film is American. Arguing that teen film is always a story about becoming a citizen and a subject, Teen Film presents a new history of the genre, surveys the existing body of scholarship, and introduces key critical tools for discussing teen film. Surveying a wide range of films including The Wild One, Heathers, Donnie Darko and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the book's central focus is on what kind of adolescence teen film represents, and on teen film's capacity to produce new and influential images of adolescence"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-192) and index.