118 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
118 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
118 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This study of Kevin Smith’s debut film breaks new ground by exploring how Clerks sits at the intersection of political and cultural trends relevant to alternative youth cultures in the early 1990s.
Clerks (1994) was born of and appeals to a specific youth subculture, with the multimedia ‘View Askewniverse’ developing out of the film’s initial release. Drawing on existing texts and... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1 ‘Insubordination Rules’: Clerks and the Counterculture of the 1990s
Chapter 2 ‘A Job That Makes a Difference’: Youth and Employment
Chapter 3 ‘Who Closed the Store to Play Hockey?’: Work and Leisure
Chapter 4 ‘I Still Get Free Gatorade, right?’: Clerks, Youth and Consumption
Chapter 5 ‘Any Balls Down There?’: Clerks, Slacker Masculinity and Sexuality
Conclusion
Biography
Peter Templeton is Honorary Fellow of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University. His research focuses on American literature and culture. He is also the author of The Politics of Southern Pastoral Literature, 1785–1885: Jeffersonian Afterlives.
