Signifying Female Adolescence: Film Representations and Fans, 1920-1950
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“Although intended as a scholarly work, the book may appeal to fans of the silver screen who remember when Judy Garland, Deana Durbin, Shirley Temple and Elizabeth Taylor were young and feisty on film, tormenting their parents and threatening to upset the American social order....[M]ovie buffs will enjoy the nostalgia of Scheiner's book.”–
Book Description
Scheiner uses films and fan behavior as windows to decode the cultural meanings of female adolescence from 1920 to 1950 and beyond. In film, adolescent girls have been represented as powerful, subversive, problematic, or in opposition to the parent culture. Girls, in turn, have often used the same tropes to create social identity and to affirm cultural authority.
Signifying Female Adolescence: Film Representations and Fans, 1920-1950
Signifying Female Adolescence: Film Representations and Fans, 1920-1950,Georganne Scheiner,Praeger Publishers,0275968952,Biography/Autobiography,Communication,Film & Video - General,History,History and criticism,Language Arts & Disciplines,Motion picture audiences,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Teenage girls in motion pictur,Teenage girls in motion pictures,United States,Young adult films,Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication
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