{"product_id":"teen-movies-9780231206211","title":"Teen Movies","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a comprehensive and accessible history of the depiction of teenagers in American film, from the silent era to the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeen Movies \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an extraordinary amount of history in a compact and absorbing volume. This newly updated edition expands Timothy Shary’s study from the silent era’s first glimmers of teen movies through the diverse representations of youth in the twenty-first century with discussion and mention of dozens of films in each era that touch upon different themes. -- Michele Meek, author of \u003ci\u003eConsent Culture and Teen Films: Adolescent Sexuality in U.S. Movies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition brings\u003ci\u003e Teen Movies \u003c\/i\u003eright up to date, examining Gen Z on screen and new directions in the scholarship. Retaining the original’s accessibility, brevity, and rigor, the book remains essential for students and scholars of teen cinema, or anyone who has ever been a teen. -- Frances Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eRethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie: Gender, Genre, and Identity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShary combines discussion of the economic underpinnings, ideological weight, and cultural impact of filmic representations of teens, considering how they have responded to and shaped discourses of identity, race, gender, sexuality and class for young people. From the films of Shirley Temple to \u003ci\u003eRebel Without a Cause\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eMoonlight\u003c\/i\u003e, this updated and expanded edition shows how these films shaped and traversed cultural understandings of the agency and import of young people. -- Louisa Stein, author of \u003ci\u003eMillennial Fandom: Television Audiences in the Transmedia Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn informed and ultra-inclusive discussion of films focused on the teenage experience. -- Christopher Schobert * The Film Stage *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1: The Teen Film in Its Infancy, 1895–1948\u003cbr\u003e2: The Teen Film Matures, 1949–1967\u003cbr\u003e3: Youth Film Rebels, 1968–1979\u003cbr\u003e4: Teen Cinema Is Reborn in Abundance, 1978–1995\u003cbr\u003e5: The Teen Film Takes on a New Century, 1994–2004\u003cbr\u003e6: Generation Z on Screens, 2005–2023\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400369512791,"sku":"9780231206211","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231206211.jpg?v=1730470519","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/teen-movies-9780231206211","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}