Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie: Gender, Genre and Identity by Frances Smith

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Reconsidering tropes such as the male juvenile delinquent figure, the makeover and the teen vampire, the book uses a series of detailed case studies to provide an innovative overview of the Hollywood teen movie and its construction of teen identity.

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Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie is the first academic monograph to consider the aesthetic and narrative potential of this highly popular, yet often overlooked, film genre. Reconsidering tropes such as the male juvenile delinquent figure, the makeover and the teen vampire, the book uses a series of detailed case studies of key films like Rebel Without a Cause, Grease, Heathers and Twilight to explore the genre's relation to key critical concepts of intersectionality, postfeminism and the posthuman, and provides an innovative overview of the Hollywood teen movie and its construction of teen identity.

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Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie: Gender, Genre and IdentityBy Frances SmithRethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie is the first academic monograph to consider the aesthetic and narrative potential of this highly popular, yet often overlooked, film genre. Reconsidering tropes such as the male juvenile delinquent figure, the makeover and the teen vampire, the book uses a series of detailed case studies of films like Rebel Without a Cause, Grease, Heathers and Twilight to explore the genre's relation to critical concepts of intersectionality, postfeminism and the posthuman. This book is an innovative overview of the Hollywood teen movie and its construction of teen identity.Frances Smith is Teaching Fellow and Convenor of the Writing Lab at University College London. She has published widely in popular Hollywood cinema, and with Timothy Shary is the co-editor of Refocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling, (EUP, 2016).

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Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie: Gender, Genre and IdentityBy Frances SmithRethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie is the first academic monograph to consider the aesthetic and narrative potential of this highly popular, yet often overlooked, film genre. Reconsidering tropes such as the male juvenile delinquent figure, the makeover and the teen vampire, the book uses a series of detailed case studies of films like Rebel Without a Cause, Grease, Heathers and Twilight to explore the genre's relation to critical concepts of intersectionality, postfeminism and the posthuman. This book is an innovative overview of the Hollywood teen movie and its construction of teen identity.Frances Smith is Teaching Fellow and Convenor of the Writing Lab at University College London. She has published widely in popular Hollywood cinema, and with Timothy Shary is the co-editor of Refocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling, (EUP, 2016).

Author Biography

Frances Smith is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sussex. She is the author of 'Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie' (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), which combines close textual analysis and critical theory to argue that the genre possesses a distinct narrative and aesthetic.

Table of Contents

List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Rethinking the Teen Movie Acting Up: Performing Masculine Delinquency in the Teen Movie Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955) Grease (Randal Kleiser, 1978) Heathers (Michael Lehmann, 1989) Making Over: Gender and Class at the High-School Prom Pretty in Pink (Howard Deutch, 1986) She's All That (Robert Iscove, 1999) Mean Girls (Mark Waters, 2004) Looking Back: Nostalgia, Postfeminism and the Teen Movie American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973) Dirty Dancing (Emile Ardolino, 1987) Easy A (Will Gluck, 2010) Becoming Other: The Posthuman and the Teen Movie Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2002) Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008) Chronicle (Josh Trank, 2012) Conclusion: Not Another Teen Movie? Bibliography Filmography

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Smith's work here is distinctively knowledgeable, and it will be highly valued among the evolving studies of youth cinema. The genre needs some rethinking, and Smith delivers in her analysis with cogent insights, solid research, and significant aesthetic perspectives that other surveys have elided.--Timothy Shary, author of Generation Multiplex (2002; 2014) and Teen Movies (2005)

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An analysis of the Hollywood Teen Movie from a variety of key theoretical perspectives

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Smith's work here is distinctively knowledgeable, and it will be highly valued among the evolving studies of youth cinema.' The genre needs some rethinking, and Smith delivers in her analysis with cogent insights, solid research, and significant aesthetic perspectives that other surveys have elided.

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An analysis of the Hollywood Teen Movie from a variety of key theoretical perspectives

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An analysis of the Hollywood Teen Movie from a variety of key theoretical perspectives Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie is the first academic monograph to consider the aesthetic and narrative potential of this highly popular, yet often overlooked, film genre. Reconsidering tropes such as the male juvenile delinquent figure, the makeover and the teen vampire, the book uses a series of detailed case studies of key films like Rebel Without a Cause, Grease, Heathers and Twilight to explore the genre's relation to key critical concepts of intersectionality, postfeminism and the posthuman, and provides an innovative overview of the Hollywood teen movie and its construction of teen identity. Case studies include: Rebel Without a Cause (Nicolas Ray, 1955) Grease (Randel Kleiser, 1978) Heathers (Mark Lehmann, 1989) Pretty in Pink (Howard Deutch, 1986) She's All That (Robert Iscove, 1999) Mean Girls (Mark Waters, 2004) American Graffiti (George Lucas, 1973) Dirty Dancing (Emile Ardolino, 1987) Easy A (Will Gluck, 2010) Spider-Man (Sam Raimi, 2001) Twilight (Catherine Hardwicke, 2008) Chronicle (Josh Trank, 2012)

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An innovative, theoretical analysis of the Hollywood Teen Movie Provides unprecedented close textual analysis of key texts in the Hollywood Teen Movie, allowing for a reconsideration of their significance Case study structure facilitates use in undergraduate teaching

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An innovative, theoretical analysis of the Hollywood Teen Movie Provides unprecedented close textual analysis of key texts in the Hollywood Teen Movie, allowing for a reconsideration of their significance Case studies include: Rebel Without a Cause, Grease, Heathers, Twilight, Mean Girlsand Spider-man

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Suitable for modules on film genre, gender and class in the cinema, film theory and textual analysis. The author has provided an extensive list of relevant courses in both UK and US universities.

Details ISBN1474431720 Publisher Edinburgh University Press Year 2019 ISBN-10 1474431720 ISBN-13 9781474431729 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-05-31 Author Frances Smith Short Title Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie Language English Subtitle Gender, Genre and Identity DEWEY 791.43652350979494 Pages 256 UK Release Date 2019-05-31 Imprint Edinburgh University Press Place of Publication Edinburgh Country of Publication United Kingdom NZ Release Date 2019-05-31 Audience General AU Release Date 2019-08-19 Illustrations 20 black and white illustrations Alternative 9781474413091 We've got this

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