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cinema
cinematic youth marginalisation
collection
Contemporary Society
cultural memory theory
desk
Donnie Darko
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Femme Fatale
Ferris Bueller's Day
film
film representation analysis
Gen X film character analysis
girl
Invisible Woman
Julie Delpy
kobal
Marquis De Merteuil
Marty McFly
media and generational change
Michele's High School Reunion
Mr Nice Guy
picture
Play Back
Pop Stars
Riot Grrrl
Riot Grrrl Movement
Riot Grrrls
Sixteen Candles
Small Town USA
social identity formation
spice
Spice Girls
Spice World
teen
Teen Films
UK Chart
Vice Versa
Waking Life
Young Men
youth
Youth Cinema
youth culture studies
Product details
- ISBN 9780754649731
- Weight: 498g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jan 2010
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Screening Generation X: The Politics and Popular Memory of Youth in Contemporary Cinema examines popular representations of Generation X in American and British film. In arguing that the various constructions of youth are marked by major cultural shifts and societal inequalities, it analyzes the iconic 'Gen X' figures ranging from the slacker, the teenage time traveller, and third wave feminists, to the oeuvre of Molly Ringwald and Richard Linklater. This book explores the important cultural work performed by films that mediate the experiences of Generation X and critiques the ongoing marginalization of the youth who struggle to find their identity and a voice in increasingly unstable times. Specific analyses of such films as Pump Up the Volume, The Breakfast Club, Heathers, Donnie Darko and Waking Life are used to illustrate the research.
Christina Lee is Lecturer in Communication and Cultural Studies at Curtin University of Technology (Perth, Western Australia).
