Sofia Coppola and Generation X (So Far) - Anxious and Effervescent

Analyzing Sofia Coppola's films from The Virgin Suicides (1999) to Priscilla (2023), Sofia Coppola and Generation X (So Far) employs her filmography as a reflection of the evolution of Generation X's self-image, arguing that Coppola's work provides an American archetype of the actions and attitudes that have defined her generation to date.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Anxious and Effervescent
Chapter 2: "You like me, don't you?" The Virgin Suicides (1999)
Chapter 3: "Does it get easier?" Lost in Translation (2003)
Chapter 4: "This is ridiculous." Marie Antoinette (2006)
Chapter 5: I'm fucking nothing." Somewhere (2010)
Chapter 6: "Girls! Time for your Adderall!" The Bling Ring (2013)
Chapter 7: "This is a nightmare. I can't do this." A Very Murray Christmas (2013)
Chapter 8: "I'm as blunt as I need to be." The Beguiled (2017)
Chapter 9: "You can't go deaf to women's voices. You know that, right?" On the Rocks (2020)
Chapter 10: "You're losing me to a life of my own." Priscilla (2023)
Chapter 11: "Listen to the girl / As she takes on half the world."

About the author

By Robert C. Sickels

Product details

• Authors: Robert C. Sickels, Sickels Robert C.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.08.2024
• EAN: 9781793655844
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-584-4
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Generation X: Studies in Culture, Demographics, and Media Representation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Gender studies, gender groups, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film production: technical & background skills, Filmmaking and production: technical and background skills