Generation Multiplex The Image of Youth in Contemporary American Cinema

Name: Generation Multiplex The Image of Youth in Contemporary American Cinema
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ISBN: 9780292777712

ISBN-10: 029277771X

ISBN-13: 9780292777712

Edition: 2002

Authors: Timothy Shary, David Considine

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" Generation Multiplex represents an important contribution to our understanding of the relationship between youth and the mass media, in this case movies. From both a personal and a professional perspective, I welcome this work which builds on themes and issues I addressed in The Cinema of Adolescence in 1985." from the Foreword When teenagers began hanging out at the mall in the early 1980s, the movies followed. Multiplex theaters offered teens a wide array of perspectives on the coming-of-age experience, as well as an escape into the alternative worlds of science fiction and horror. Youth films remained a popular and profitable genre through the 1990s, offering teens a place to…

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List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 11/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 338
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction: The Cinematic Image of Youth


Social Representation and Genre Analysis


The Study of Youth, In and Out of Movies



Youth in School: Academics and Attitude


Trends in the Subgenre


Schoolkids


Delinquents and Their Avenues of Anger


Resisting Rebels


The Labor of Being Popular


The Sensitive Athlete


Conclusion



Delinquent Youth: Having Fun, On the Loose, In Trouble


Trends in the Subgenre


Delinquent Styles


Deviant Dancing


Natural Encounters


Patriotic Purpose


Tough Girls


The African American Crime Drama


Conclusion



The Youth Horror Film: Slashers and the Supernatural


Historical Context of the Youth Horror Subgenre


Trends in the Subgenre


Research on the Youth Horror Film


Styles of the Youth Horror Film


The Slasher/Stalker Film


Supernatural Movies


Conclusion



Youth and Science: Technology, Computers, Games


The Three Dimensions


Simple Science


Games and Computers


Conclusion



Youth in Love and Having Sex


Contexts and Trends


Patterns and Images


Youth in Love


Youth Having Sex


Conclusion



Conclusion: Youth Cinema at the Millennium



Filmography of Youth Films, 1980 -2001



Subjective Superlative Lists


Notes


Bibliography


Index