KNOWING AND BEING KNOWN: SEXUAL DELINQUENCY, STARDOM, AND ADOLESCENT GIRLHOOD IN MIDCENTURY AMERICAN FILM

KNOWING AND BEING KNOWN: SEXUAL DELINQUENCY, STARDOM, AND ADOLESCENT GIRLHOOD IN MIDCENTURY AMERICAN FILM

Sexual delinquency marked midcentury cinematic representations of adolescent girls in 1940s, 50, and early 60s. Drawing from the history of adolescence and the context of midcentury female juvenile delinquency, I argue that studios and teen girl stars struggled for decades with publicity, censorship...

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Main Author: Hendricks, Michael Todd
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2014
Subjects:
Star Culture
American Film
Juvenile Delinquency
Adolescent Female
American History – 20th Century.
American Film Studies
Cultural History
English Language and Literature
Film and Media Studies
Women's Studies
Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/14
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1015&context=english_etds

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