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Teenagers And Teenpics : Juvenilization Of American Movies.

By Thomas , Doherty

Book information

Publisher
Temple University Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9781592137879, 1592137873
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2055515 bytes)
Pages
280\280
Time added
2016-06-17 17:24:05
Motion pictures -- United States -- History;Motion

Description

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 an.  Read more...

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