Teen Movies - A Century of American Youth

This book is a comprehensive and accessible history of the depiction of teenagers in American film, from the silent era to the twenty-first century.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1: The Teen Film in Its Infancy, 1895–1948
2: The Teen Film Matures, 1949–1967
3: Youth Film Rebels, 1968–1979
4: Teen Cinema Is Reborn in Abundance, 1978–1995
5: The Teen Film Takes on a New Century, 1994–2004
6: Generation Z on Screens, 2005–2023
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Timothy Shary is a professor at Eastern Florida State College. He is the author of Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in American Cinema Since 1980 (revised edition, 2014) and editor of Cinemas of Boyhood: Masculinity, Sexuality, Nationality (2021), among other books.

Summary

This book is a comprehensive and accessible history of the depiction of teenagers in American film, from the silent era to the twenty-first century.

Product details

• Authors: Timothy Shary, Shary Timothy
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9780231206211
• ISBN: 978-0-231-20621-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Short Cuts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / General, Film, TV & radio, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, Film history, theory or criticism, performing arts; film; film history; film criticism