Clueless: American Youth in the 1990s

ISBN-13: 9781138681217 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 118 str.

Lesley Speed

Opis

Clueless is widely considered to be one of the defining teen films of the 1990s. Presenting the teenage social world of Cher and her friends through an array of comedic lines and references to popular culture, the film has become part of a lexicon of popular youth culture. Based loosely on Jane Austen's Emma. Clueless has gone on to become a cult film, acquiring a new audience among later generations. The film is explored in this book from a number of perspectives, including gender, youth and popular culture; its relationships to earlier and later teen films; the use of comedy with a focus on the tradition of the blonde; and its significance as a literary adaptation.

Spis treści

Preface to the series. Acknowledgements. Introduction.1. Building a fantasy that you could live in: production history and initial reception, Director and writer Amy Heckerling. Development and Production. Clueless sources. Production. Release and reception. 2. ‘A way normal life’: Clueless as a teen film of the 1990s. Clueless, the 1990s and youth culture. Youth, adulthood and history. ‘It looks like the best-tasting bubble gum’: the world of Clueless. 3. All the young girls and dudes: gender and sexuality. Girls in teen film. Feminism, consumer culture and girls. Ethnicity. Sexuality.4. ‘It’s, like, a famous quote’: Adaptation, franchise and cult film. Clueless as adaptation. The Clueless franchise. Inhabiting the storyworld: Clueless as a cult film. Conclusion: Clueless in the popular cultural landscape. Bibliography. Appendix: The Clueless novelisations. Notes

O autorze

Lesley Speed, Federation University, Australia.