Youth Culture in Global Cinema

Published by University of Texas Press 2006

Youth Culture in Global Cinema

Edited by: Timothy Shary and Alexandra Seibel

https://doi.org/10.7560/709300

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About this book

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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Timothy Shary is Director of Film and Video Studies at the University of Oklahoma.

Alexandra Seibel is a Ph.D. candidate in Film Studies at New York University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction: Youth Culture Shock Timothy Shary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Rebellion and Resistance
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 Daniel Biltereyst Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Chapter 2. The Imported Rebellion: Criminal Guys and Consumerist Girls in Postwar Germany and Austria Alexandra Seibel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
Chapter 3. Rebels with a Cause: Children versus the Military Industrial Complex Mick Broderick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Part II: Politics and Style
Chapter 4. Chinese ‘‘Youth Problem’’ Films in the 1980s: The Apolitics of Rebellion Xuelin Zhou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Chapter 5. The Age of Transition: Angels and Blockers in Recent Eastern and Central European Films Anikó Imre Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Chapter 6. The Sound of the South Bronx: Youth Culture, Genre, and Performance in Charlie Ahearn’s Wild Style Kimberley Bercov Monteyne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Part III: Youth and Inner-National Conflict
Chapter 7. Out of Depth: The Politics of Disaffected Youth and Contemporary Latin American Cinema Laura Podalsky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 8. Birds That Cannot Fly: Childhood and Youth in City of God Sonia Cristina Lino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Chapter 9. Portraying Muslim Youth in Egypt and India: ‘‘Worship None but Allah and Be Dutiful and Good to Parents’’ Claudia Preckel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
chapter 10. Projecting a Bridge for Youth: Islamic ‘‘Enlightenment’’ versus Westernization in Turkish Cinema Savas Arslan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Part IV: Narrating Gender and Difference
Chapter 11. Narrating the Feminine Nation: The Coming-of-Age Girl in Contemporary New Zealand Cinema Mary M. Wiles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
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 Sarah Projansky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Chapter 13. Pachyderm’s Progress Murray Pomerance Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Chapter 14. Boys Will Be Men: Teen Masculinities in Recent Spanish Cinema Santiago Fouz-Hernández Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Part V: Coming-of-age Queer
Chapter 15. Girls Looking at Girls Looking for Girls: The Visual Pleasures and Social Empowerment of Queer Teen Romance Flicks Susan Driver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Chapter 16. Youth, Sexuality, and the Nation: Beautiful Thing and Show Me Love Scott Henderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	256
Chapter 17. Different from the Other(s): German Youth and the Threat of Homosexual Seduction Stephen Tropiano Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
Appendix A: Filmography of Global Youth Films by Nation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Appendix B: Filmography of Global Youth Films by Theme Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	306
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	337

Language: English
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 363

eBook

Published: January 27, 2009
ISBN: 9780292795747