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Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in American Cinema since 1980

Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in American Cinema since 1980


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Generation Multiplex (2002) was the first comprehensive study of the representation of teenagers in American cinema since David Considine’s Cinema of Adolescence in 1985. This updated and expanded edition reaffirms the idea that films about youth constitute a legitimate genre worthy of study on its own terms. Identifying four distinct subgenres—school, delinquency, horror, and romance—Timothy Shary explores hundreds of representative films while offering in-depth discussion of movies that constitute key moments in the genre, including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Breakfast Club, Say Anything . . . , Boyz N the Hood, Scream, American Pie, Napoleon Dynamite, Superbad, The Twilight Saga, and The Hunger Games. Analyzing developments in teen films since 2002, Shary covers such topics as the increasing availability of movies on demand, which has given teens greater access to both popular and lesser-seen films; the recent dominance of supernatural and fantasy films as a category within the genre; and how the ongoing commodification of teen images in media affects real-life issues such as school bullying, athletic development, sexual identity, and teenage pregnancy.

Table of Contents:
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

About the Author :
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.


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  • ISBN-13: 9780292756625
  • Publisher: University of Texas Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Texas Press
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 436
  • Sub Title: The Image of Youth in American Cinema Since 1980
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0292756623
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 28 mm
  • Weight: 739 gr


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