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almafu_9960054830702883
Format:
1 online resource (363 p.)
ISBN:
9780292795747
Content:
Coming of age is a pivotal experience for everyone. So it is no surprise that filmmakers around the globe explore the experiences of growing up in their work. From blockbuster U.S. movies such as the Harry Potter series to thought-provoking foreign films such as Bend It Like Beckham and Whale Rider, films about youth delve into young people's attitudes, styles, sexuality, race, families, cultures, class, psychology, and ideas. These cinematic representations of youth also reflect perceptions about youth in their respective cultures, as well as young people's worth to the larger society. Indeed, as the contributors to this volume make plain, films about young people open a very revealing window on the attitudes and values of cultures across the globe. Youth Culture in Global Cinema offers the first comprehensive investigation of how young people are portrayed in film around the world. Eighteen established film scholars from eleven different national backgrounds discuss a wide range of films that illuminate the varied conditions in which youth live. The essays are grouped thematically around the issues of youthful resistance and rebellion; cultural and national identity, including religion and politics; and sexual maturation, including gender distinctions and coming-of-age queer. Some essays engage in close readings of films, while others examine the advertising and reception of films or investigate psychological issues. The volume concludes with filmographies of over 700 youth-related titles arranged by nation and theme.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction: Youth Culture Shock --
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Part I: Rebellion and Resistance --
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Chapter 1. American Juvenile Delinquency Movies and the European Censors: The Cross-Cultural Reception and Censorship of The Wild One, Blackboard Jungle, and Rebel Without a Cause --
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Chapter 2. The Imported Rebellion: Criminal Guys and Consumerist Girls in Postwar Germany and Austria --
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Chapter 3. Rebels with a Cause: Children versus the Military Industrial Complex --
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Part II: Politics and Style --
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Chapter 4. Chinese ‘‘Youth Problem’’ Films in the 1980s: The Apolitics of Rebellion --
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Chapter 5. The Age of Transition: Angels and Blockers in Recent Eastern and Central European Films --
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Chapter 6. The Sound of the South Bronx: Youth Culture, Genre, and Performance in Charlie Ahearn’s Wild Style --
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Part III: Youth and Inner-National Conflict --
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Chapter 7. Out of Depth: The Politics of Disaffected Youth and Contemporary Latin American Cinema --
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Chapter 8. Birds That Cannot Fly: Childhood and Youth in City of God --
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Chapter 9. Portraying Muslim Youth in Egypt and India: ‘‘Worship None but Allah and Be Dutiful and Good to Parents’’ --
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chapter 10. Projecting a Bridge for Youth: Islamic ‘‘Enlightenment’’ versus Westernization in Turkish Cinema --
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Part IV: Narrating Gender and Difference --
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Chapter 11. Narrating the Feminine Nation: The Coming-of-Age Girl in Contemporary New Zealand Cinema --
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Chapter 12. Gender, Race, Feminism, and the International Girl Hero: The Unremarkable U.S. Popular Press Reception of Bend It Like Beckham and Whale Rider --
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Chapter 13. Pachyderm’s Progress --
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Chapter 14. Boys Will Be Men: Teen Masculinities in Recent Spanish Cinema --
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Part V: Coming-of-age Queer --
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Chapter 15. Girls Looking at Girls Looking for Girls: The Visual Pleasures and Social Empowerment of Queer Teen Romance Flicks --
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Chapter 16. Youth, Sexuality, and the Nation: Beautiful Thing and Show Me Love --
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Chapter 17. Different from the Other(s): German Youth and the Threat of Homosexual Seduction --
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Appendix A: Filmography of Global Youth Films by Nation --
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Appendix B: Filmography of Global Youth Films by Theme --
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Bibliography --
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Contributors --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7560/709300
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292795747
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7560/709300
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292795747
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