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1 online resource |
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Rock 'n' Roll High School Picture Show: A Genre Deconstructed; Chapter 2 Coming of Age in the 1970s: Revision, Fantasy, and Rage in the Teen-Girl Badlands; Chapter 3 The Queer Kid and Women's Lib; Chapter 4 Bad News Jodie, or How the Disney Family Got Freaky; Chapter 5 Brothers, Sisters, and Chainsaws: Sibling Rivalry and Peer Centrality in the Teen Slasher Film; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Taking a closer look at teen film in the 1970s, New American Teenagers uncovers previously marginalized voices that rework the classically male, heterosexual American teenage story. While their parents era defined the American teenager with the romantic male figure of James Dean, this generation of adolescents offers a dramatically altered picture of transformed gender dynamics, fluid and queered sexuality, and a chilling disregard for the authority of parent, or more specifically, patriarchal culture. Films like The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Halloween, and Badlands offer a reprieve from the. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Teen films -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Teen films. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Teenagers in motion pictures.
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Teenagers in motion pictures. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Brickman, Barbara Jane. New American Teenagers : The Lost Generation of Youth in 1970s Film. London : Continuum International Publishing, ©2012 9781441176585 |
| ISBN |
9781441142924 (electronic book) |
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1441142924 (electronic book) |
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1441176586 |
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9781441176585 |
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1628922788 |
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9781628922783 |
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