Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie: Gender, Genre and Identity

by Frances Smith

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474431720
• ISBN13: 9781474431729
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"