Clueless: American Youth in the 1990s (Cinema and Youth Cultures)
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Rating | : | 4.29 (892 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1138681210 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-05-02 |
Language | : | English |
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Lesley Speed, Federation University, Australia.
Clueless: American Youth in the 1990s is a timely contribution to the increasingly prominent academic field of youth film studies. Lesley Speed examines how the film channels aspects of Anita Loos’ 1925 novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, the 1960s television series Gidget and Jane Austen’s Emma, to present a heightened, optimistic view of contemporary American teenage life. Although seemingly apolitical, Speed makes the case for Clueless as a feminist exploration of relationships between gender, comedy a
About the AuthorLesley Speed, Federation University, Australia.