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Now updated and expanded to cover developments in teen films since 2002, Generation Multiplex remains the most comprehensive study of the representation of teenagers in American cinema from Fast Times at Ridgemont High to The Hunger Games.

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

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/2014
      ISBN13: 9780292756625, 978-0292756625
      ISBN10: 0292756623
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Now updated and expanded to cover developments in teen films since 2002, Generation Multiplex remains the most comprehensive study of the representation of teenagers in American cinema from Fast Times at Ridgemont High to The Hunger Games.

      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

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