Teen Film: A Critical Introduction

by Catherine Driscoll

Book Overview

What makes a film a teen film? And why, when it represents such powerful and enduring ideas about youth and adolescence, is teen film usually viewed as culturally insignificant?

Teen film is usually discussed as a representation of the changing American teenager, highlighting the institutions of high school and the nuclear family, and experiments in sexual development and identity formation. But not every film featuring these components...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847886868
• ISBN13: 9781847886866
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"