Rock Around the Clock: Exploitation, Rock 'n' Roll and the Origins of Youth Culture

ISBN-13: 9781138682771 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 112 str.

Yannis Tzioumakis; Sian Lincoln

Opis

Rock around the Clock examines one of the earliest films made specifically for young audiences in US cinema, paying particular attention to the exploitation film production company that made the film, the ways it represented young people, especially in terms of their association with rock 'n' roll music and culture, and the ways in which the film was received by the press of the time and by more contemporary critics.

Spis treści

Introduction. Rock around the Clock: From Exploitation to Legitimacy  1.  (Re)imagining Youth: The ‘Birth’ of the Teenager Under the Spectre of Rock ‘n’ Roll  2. Whos’ Exploiting What and How (1): Rock around the Clock and Exploitation Formulas in an Industry in Transition  3. Whos’ Exploiting What and How (2): Rock around the Clock between Major Studio and Independent Film Production  4. Who’s Exploiting What and How (3): Film Adaptation and the Boundaries of Exploitation in Rock Around the Clock  Coda. ‘The Living End’ or the Rest is History

O autorze

Yannis Tzioumakis is Reader in Film and Media Industries at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of five books and co-editor of seven collections. His next book is a monograph under the title When Hollywood Came to Greece, 1957-1967, while after this he will be co-authoring a volume on the 100-year history of Paramount. Yannis also co-edits the Routledge Hollywood Centenary and the Cinema and Youth Cultures book series.

Siân Lincoln is an independent scholar who has published widely on aspects of youth cultures. Her monograph Youth Culture and Private Space was published in 2012 and her co-authored book with Brady Robards Growing up on Facebook was published in 2020. She is co-editor of two book series: Cinema and Youth Cultures and the Palgrave Studies in the History of Subcultures & Popular Music. Sian is on the management group of the Interdisciplinary Network for the Study of Music, Subcultures and Social Change.