1st Edition
The Freshman Comedy and Masculinity in 1920s Film and Youth Culture
Introduction: When Both Were Young
1. ‘A Large Football Stadium with a College Attached’: 1920s Collegiate Youth Culture
2. ‘Just a Regular Fellow’: Harold Lloyd and Silent-Era Middle-Class Masculinity
3. ‘The College Hero’: The Freshman’s Individual Conformist
4. ‘Laugh and Live Longer’: The Mass Marketing and Reception of The Freshman
Conclusion: Before the Teenpic
Biography
Christina G. Petersen is Christian Nielsen associate professor of film studies at Eckerd College. She has published on identity and embodiment in American cinema, including essays on the origins of the youth film, the independent African American race film industry, international avant-garde cinema, and contemporary film exhibition technology.
