Teenagers And Teenpics: Juvenilization Of American Movies - Softcover

Doherty, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1566399467 ISBN 13: 9781566399463

Publisher: Temple University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Teenagers and Teenpics tells the story of two signature developments in the 1950s: the decline of the classical Hollywood cinema and the emergence of that strange new creature, the American teenager. Hollywood's discovery of the teenage moviegoer initiated a progressive "juvenilization" of film content that is today the operative reality of the American motion picture industry.

The juvenilization of the American movies is best revealed in the development of the 1950s "teenpic," a picture targeted at teenagers even to the exclusion of their elders. In a wry and readable style, Doherty defines and interprets the various teenpic film types: rock 'n' roll pictures, j.d. films, horror and sci-fi weirdies, and clean teenpics. Individual films are examined both in light of their impact on the motion picture industry and in terms of their important role in validating the emerging teenage subculture. Also included in this edition is an expanded treatment of teenpics since the 1950s, especially the teenpics produced during the age of AIDS.

About this title

From the Publisher:

The classic book on teenagers and their films, thoroughly revised and expanded

About the Author:

Thomas Doherty is Associate Professor of American Studies and Chair of the Film Studies Program at Brandeis University. He is the author of two previous books, including Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immorality, and Insurrection in American Cinema, 1930-1934, which was a New York Times Notable Book for 1999.

About this edition

• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1566399467
• ISBN 13: 9781566399463
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272