Speed Clueless

American Youth in the 1990s
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-18927-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 128 Seiten

Reihe: Cinema and Youth Cultures

Clueless is widely considered to be one of the defining teen films of the 1990s. Presenting the teenage social world of Cher and her friends through an array of comedic lines and references to popular culture, the film has become part of a lexicon of popular youth culture. Based loosely on Jane Austen’s Emma. Clueless has gone on to become a cult film, acquiring a new audience among later generations.

The film is explored in this book from a number of perspectives, including gender, youth and popular culture; its relationships to earlier and later teen films; the use of comedy with a focus on the tradition of the blonde; and its significance as a literary adaptation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Speed, Lesley

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

1. Production context and initial reception

2. "A way normal life": Clueless as a teen film of the 1990s

3. All the young girls and dudes: gender, sexuality and youth

4. "It’s, like, a famous quote": Clueless, adaptation and cult film

Conclusion