Show Notes
We conclude this three-part mini-series with the evolution of the teen movie and cultural panics around youth culture from the early 60s up to the present day!
FURTHER READING: Tropiano, Stephen. Rebels & Chicks: A History of the Hollywood Teen Movie. Doherty, Thomas. Teenagers and Teenpics: The Juvenilization of American Movies in the 1950s. Shary, Timothy. Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen. Shary, Timothy. Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in Contempory American Cinema. Mintz, Steven. Huck's Raft: A History of American Childhood. Starnheimer, Karen. Pop Culture Panics: How Moral Crusaders Construct Meanings of Deviance and Delinquency.
FURTHER WATCHING: "Beach Party" (1963) "American Graffiti" (1972) "Cooley High" (1974) Rebel Highway (1994) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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