Doherty, Thomas Patrick,

Teenagers and teenpics : the juvenilization of American movies in the 1950s / Thomas Doherty. - Revised and expanded edition. - x, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Filmography: p. 237-250. Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and index.

Acknowledgments -- American Movies as a Less-than-Mass Medium -- A Commercial History -- The Teenage Marketplace -- Rock'n'Roll Teenpics -- Dangerous Youth -- The Horror Teenpics -- The Clean Teenpics -- Generation after Generation of Teenpics -- Notes -- Selected Filmography -- Index to Film Titles -- General Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

1566399459 9781566399456 1566399467 9781566399463

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Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century
Motion pictures and youth--United States
Teen films--History and criticism--United States
Teenagers in motion pictures

PN1993.5.U6 / D53 2002

302.23430973