{"product_id":"rethinking-the-hollywood-teen-movie-gender-genre-and-identity-paperback","title":"Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie: Gender, Genre and Identity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrances Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie is\u003c\/em\u003e the first academic monograph to consider the aesthetic and narrative potential of this highly popular, yet often overlooked, film genre. Reconsidering tropes such as the male juvenile delinquent figure, the makeover and the teen vampire, the book uses a series of detailed case studies of key films like \u003cem\u003eRebel Without a Cause, Grease, Heathers\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTwilight\u003c\/em\u003e to explore the genre's relation to key critical concepts of intersectionality, postfeminism and the posthuman, and provides an innovative overview of the Hollywood teen movie and its construction of teen identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie: Gender, Genre and Identity By Frances Smith Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie is the first academic monograph to consider the aesthetic and narrative potential of this highly popular, yet often overlooked, film genre. Reconsidering tropes such as the male juvenile delinquent figure, the makeover and the teen vampire, the book uses a series of detailed case studies of films like Rebel Without a Cause, Grease, Heathers and Twilight to explore the genre's relation to critical concepts of intersectionality, postfeminism and the posthuman. This book is an innovative overview of the Hollywood teen movie and its construction of teen identity. Frances Smith is Teaching Fellow and Convenor of the Writing Lab at University College London. She has published widely in popular Hollywood cinema, and with Timothy Shary is the co-editor of Refocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling, (EUP, 2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrances Smith \u003c\/strong\u003eis Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sussex. She is the author of 'Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie' (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), which combines close textual analysis and critical theory to argue that the genre possesses a distinct narrative and aesthetic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433825779890,"sku":"9781474431729","price":58.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/27c0b45c5a2ddb139e6448d66471113d.webp?v=1778614878","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/rethinking-the-hollywood-teen-movie-gender-genre-and-identity-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}