Women's Studies 2161A/B Lecture 6: WOMENST 2161 Lecture 6 - Teen Flicks

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Suburban ideals: economic boom, most families had tvs, new identity of "teen, exciting content that is relevant to their life, reliable film go-ers. Most prolific periods for teen films: new entertainment technologies in each of these decades, vying for youth demographics attention, tvs, more channels and vhs, dvds and internet. Heavily references as the beginning of teen films. Juvenile delinquent: ex: rebel without a cause. Important character: familiar script of love story, etc, youth as a problem, outsiders, ex: blackboard jungle, similar script, youth as a problem, outsiders, ex: jailhouse rock, elvis presley. Sixteen candles, ferris buellers day off, pretty in pink, weird science, some kind of. Wonderful, breakfast club: these films are tied to development of shopping malls, relocation of theatres to malls, need to cater to teens. Films that explore content of their lives: predominantly white, heterosexual characters, not all experiences included (problematic, but did convey adolescent experience in many ways.