1st Edition
Screening Generation X The Politics and Popular Memory of Youth in Contemporary Cinema
By Christina Lee
Copyright 2010
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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Screening Generation X: The Politics and Popular Memory of Youth in Contemporary Cinema examines popular representations of Generation X in American and British film. In arguing that the various constructions of youth are marked by major cultural shifts and societal inequalities, it analyzes the iconic 'Gen X' figures ranging from the slacker, the teenage time traveller, and third wave feminists,... Read more
Screening Generation X
Biography
Christina Lee is Lecturer in Communication and Cultural Studies at Curtin University of Technology (Perth, Western Australia).
'Christina Lee has produced a brilliant analysis of how youth is produced and situated in complex ways within the representational practices of film. Anyone concerned about the state of youth and the journey that has been taken to produce contemporary attitudes, practices, and possibilities should read and thoroughly enjoy Screening Generation X.' Henry A. Giroux, McMaster University, Canada
