Table of Contents

Introduction: Meet the Adolescent Industry: 'Teen' and 'Film'
PART I: HISTORIES
1. Modernism, Cinema, Adolescence
2. The Teenager and Teenage Film
3. Inventing 'Teen Film' PART II: FILM TEENS
4. Rites of Passage
5. Teen Types and Stereotypes
6. Teenage Wasteland
PART III: LIMINAL TEEN FILM
7. Adaptability
8. Classification
9. Which Teen/Film?

Bibliography
Index

Promotional Information

A new history of the genre that surveys the existing body of scholarship and introduces key critical tools for discussing teen film. An introduction to all aspects of this genre of film: movies about adolescents and adolescence.

About the Author

Catherine Driscoll is Associate Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney, and author of Girls: Feminine Adolescence in Popular Culture and Cultural Theory and Modernist Cultural Studies.

Reviews

Teen Film: A Critical Introduction breaks new and vital ground. Moving away from the America-centric bias of previous studies, it shows that the protean, complex, ever-changing image of youth on screen belongs to everyone, everywhere, no matter their age, gender, race or culture. A major achievement in film studies.
*Adrian Martin, Monash University*