Clueless - American Youth in the 1990s

Clueless: American Youth in the 1990s is a timely contribution to the increasingly prominent academic field of youth film studies. The book draws on the social context to the film's release, a range of film industry perspectives including marketing, audience reception and franchising, as well as postmodern theory and feminist film theory to assert the cultural and historical significance of Amy Heckerling's film and reaffirm its reputation as one of the defining teen films of the 1990s.

List of contents

Preface to the series. Acknowledgements. Introduction.1. Building a fantasy that you could live in: production history and initial reception, Director and writer Amy Heckerling. Development and Production. Clueless sources. Production. Release and reception. 2. ‘A way normal life’: Clueless as a teen film of the 1990s. Clueless, the 1990s and youth culture. Youth, adulthood and history. ‘It looks like the best-tasting bubble gum’: the world of Clueless. 3. All the young girls and dudes: gender and sexuality. Girls in teen film. Feminism, consumer culture and girls. Ethnicity. Sexuality.4. ‘It’s, like, a famous quote’: Adaptation, franchise and cult film. Clueless as adaptation. The Clueless franchise. Inhabiting the storyworld: Clueless as a cult film. Conclusion: Clueless in the popular cultural landscape. Bibliography. Appendix: The Clueless novelisations. Notes

About the author

Lesley Speed, Federation University, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Lesley Speed, Lesley (Federation University Speed
• Assisted by: Sian Lincoln (Editor), Yannis Tzioumakis (Editor), Sian Lincoln (Editor of the series), Yannis Tzioumakis (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.06.2017
• EAN: 9781138681217
• ISBN: 978-1-138-68121-7
• No. of pages: 118
• Series: Cinema and Youth Cultures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; USA, Media Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, United States of America, USA, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism