Virginity on Screen: The First Time in American Teen Films

by Caroline Madden

Virginity--a major adolescent rite of passage--has been explored in the coming-of-age film genre for many decades. This book examines the evolution of teen movies over the past 40 years, posing crucial questions about how film shapes our cultural understanding of virginity. By surveying more than 30 mainstream and independent coming-of-age films from the 1980s to the present, it considers what types of first-time sexual experiences are represented...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476685002
• ISBN13: 9781476685007
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up