Grease

Gender, Nostalgia and Youth Consumption in the Blockbuster Era

Barbara Jane Brickman (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

106 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-68271-9 (ISBN)

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This book offers the first in-depth look at the history, social context, and industrial practices behind this teen musical phenomenon to suggest that social change, especially in terms of gender and sexuality, comes to the surface despite the film’s retro setting, blockbuster business model, and apparent nostalgic tone. The vast audience for this film over the last thirty-five years and the various "hopelessly devoted" fandoms indicate that Grease exceeds both the confines of its period and the limits of any one ideological message.

Barbara Jane Brickman is an assistant professor of Media and Gender Studies at the University of Alabama. She has published on youth media, female fandom, and 1970s genre films. She is the author of New American Teenagers: The Lost Generation of Youth in 1970s Film.

Introduction 1. Rydell High Class of ’78: The Teenager in the Me Decade 2. Exploitation and the New Pop Music Blockbuster 3. ‘There Are Worse Things I Could Do’: Nostalgia, Camp, and Critique Through Sexual Retrospection 4. Hopelessly Devoted to Grease, or More Than a Little ‘Travolta Fever’ Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	16.07.2017
Reihe/Serie	Cinema and Youth Cultures
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	226 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-68271-3 / 1138682713
ISBN-13	978-1-138-68271-9 / 9781138682719
Zustand	Neuware