Coming of Age in Popular Culture

Teenagers, Adolescence, and the Art of Growing Up

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Documenting the evolution of teens and media from the 1950s through 2010, this book examines the films, books, television shows, and musical artists that impacted American culture and shaped the "coming of age" experience for each generation.The teenage years are fraught with drama and emotional ups and downs, coinciding with bewildering new social situations and sexual tension. For these reasons, pop culture and media have repeatedly created entertainment that depicts, celebrates, or lampoons coming of age experiences, through sitcoms like The Wonder Years to the brat pack films of the 1980s to the teen-centered television series of today. Coming of Age in Popular Culture: Teenagers, Adolescence, and the Art of Growing Up covers a breadth of media presentations of the transition from childhood to adulthood from the 1950s to the year 2010. It explores the ways that adolescence is characterized in pop culture by drawing on these representations, shows how powerful media and entertainment are in establishing societal norms, and considers how American society views and values adolescence. Topics addressed include race relations, gender roles, religion, and sexual identity. Young adult readers will come away with a heightened sense of media literacy through the examination of a topic that inherently interests them.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-10-25
Mått178 x 254 x 25 mm
Vikt964 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor376
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781440840609

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionThe 1950sDecade OverviewAdventures of Ozzie and Harriet, TheAmerican BandstandAvalon, FrankieBlackboard JungleBlob, TheBlue DenimBoone, PatCatcher in the Rye, TheDarin, BobbyDean, JamesFather Knows BestFrom Here to EternityI Love LucyI Was a Teenage WerewolfInvisible ManLeave It to BeaverLolitaLord of the FliesMany Loves of Dobie Gillis, TheNaked LunchOn the RoadPresley, ElvisPublic Service Announcements—Sex Education in the 1950sSummer Place, AThe 1960sDecade OverviewAddams Family, TheBeach Boys, TheBeatles, TheBell Jar, TheBeverly Hillbillies, TheCatch-22Clockwork Orange, ADoors, TheDylan, BobExplosive Generation, TheGidgetGroup, TheHendrix, JimiJoplin, JanisMitchell, JoniMonkees, TheOutsiders, TheParent Trap, ThePatty Duke Show, TheRolling Stones, TheRoom 222Slaughterhouse-FiveTo Kill a MockingbirdTo Sir, with LoveTwilight Zone, TheWhere the Boys AreThe 1970sDecade OverviewAmerican GraffitiBee Gees, TheBlume, JudyBreaking AwayCarrieCharlie's AngelsChocolate War, TheClash, TheCooley HighDevoGo Ask AliceGreaseHappy DaysHarrad Experiment, TheJawsLed ZeppelinLittle House on the PrairieNational Lampoon's Animal HouseOsmonds, TheQueenSix Million Dollar Man, TheStarsky & HutchSummer, DonnaUpdike, JohnWelcome Back, KotterThe 1980sDecade OverviewBack to the FutureBlondieBoy GeorgeCosby Show, TheDirty DancingDuran DuranFacts of Life, TheFamily TiesFast Times at Ridgemont HighFlowers in the AtticFull HouseGibson, DebbieHughes, John, Films ofItLauper, CyndiLess Than ZeroMadonnaMTVRevenge of the NerdsRisky BusinessSaved by the BellSay Anything . . .Sweet Valley High21 Jump StreetWonder Years, TheThe 1990sDecade OverviewAmerican PieBackstreet BoysBoy Meets WorldBuffy the Vampire SlayerCharmedClarissa Explains It AllCluelessCraft, TheDazed and ConfusedFreaks and GeeksGrand Theft AutoGreen DayHarry PotterI Know What You Did Last SummerKidsMcDaniel, LurleneMorissette, AlanisNirvanaSalt-N-PepaScream7th HeavenShe's All ThatSmashing Pumpkins, TheSpice GirlsThat '70s ShowThe 2000sDecade OverviewBook Thief, TheBring It OnCall of DutyCyrus, MileyDivergentFriday Night LightsGleeGossip GirlHigh School MusicalHunger Games, TheJunoLavigne, AvrilMean GirlsMy Chemical RomanceNapoleon DynamiteOne Tree HillPretty Little LiarsPrincess Diaries, TheRihannaSisterhood of the Traveling Pants, TheSpears, BritneySwift, TaylorTeen MomTwilightVampire Diaries, TheIndex