Grease - Gender, Nostalgia and Youth Consumption in the Blockbuster Era

This book offers the first in-depth look at the history, social context, and industrial practices behind this teen musical phenomenon to suggest that social change, especially in terms of gender and sexuality, comes to the surface despite the film's retro setting, blockbuster business model, and apparent nostalgic tone. The vast audience for this film over the last thirty-five years and the various "hopelessly devoted" fandoms indicate that Grease exceeds both the confines of its period and the limits of any one ideological message.

Sommario

Introduction 1. Rydell High Class of '78: The Teenager in the Me Decade 2. Exploitation and the New Pop Music Blockbuster 3. 'There Are Worse Things I Could Do': Nostalgia, Camp, and Critique Through Sexual Retrospection 4. Hopelessly Devoted to Grease, or More Than a Little 'Travolta Fever' Conclusion

Info autore

Barbara Jane Brickman is an assistant professor of Media and Gender Studies at the University of Alabama. She has published on youth media, female fandom, and 1970s genre films. She is the author of New American Teenagers: The Lost Generation of Youth in 1970s Film.

Riassunto

This book offers the first in-depth look at the history, social context, and industrial practices behind this teen musical phenomenon to suggest that social change, especially in terms of gender and sexuality, comes to the surface despite the film’s retro setting, blockbuster business model, and apparent nostalgic tone. The vast audience for thi

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Barbara Jane Brickman, Barbara Jane (University of Alabama Brickman, Brickman Barbara Jane, Barbara Jane Brickman
• Con la collaborazione di: Sian Lincoln (Editore della collana), Siân Lincoln (Editore della collana), Yannis Tzioumakis (Editore della collana)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780367735647
• ISBN: 978-0-367-73564-7
• Pagine: 106
• Serie: Cinema and Youth Cultures
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Mediologia; History, Media Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Humanities, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism