New American teenagers : the lost generation of youth in 1970s film / Barbara Jane Brickman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brickman, Barbara Jane.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teen films--United States--History--20th century.

Teen films.

Teenagers in motion pictures.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, [2012]

Summary:

A new book in film studies, this account of teenagers in American film of the 1970s is theoretical in interests but accessible in style. Barbara Jane Brickman (English and film studies, U. of West Georgia), writes in response to a convention in American film criticism that films for teen viewers had a large market share in the mid-century, disappeared in the 1970s, and starting in the 1980s mainstream films in general began to be targeted to juvenile markets. This book is a response to that critique. It documents a teen film genre in the 1970s, and discusses some of its salient features, for instance androgynous protagonists who are sexually available but not partnered, more radical tropes on the rock-and-roll and Disney film, and the rise of the teen slasher film. Readers who remember being those teens, and are in tune with Brickman's theoretical concerns, will enjoy this book. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction

The rock 'n' roll high school picture show: a genre deconstructed

Coming of age in the 70s: revision, fantasy and rage in the teen-girl badlands

The queer kid and women's lib

Bad news Jodie, or how the Disney family got freaky

Brothers, sisters, and chainsaws: sibling rivalry and peer centrality in the teen slasher film

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781441176585

1441176586

OCLC:

731924001