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.
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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 thi
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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
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780367735647
Publisert
2020-12-18
Utgiver
Vendor
Routledge
Vekt
210 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
106
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Om bidragsyterne
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.