Screening Generation X : The Politics and Popular Memory of Youth in Contemporary Cinema ISBN: 9780754690733 Platform/Publisher: PQ ebrary / Taylor & Francis Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a time Subjects: Motion pictures and youth.;
This book investigates the representational politics of youth cinema. It cuts up linear cinematic narratives to develop a hop-scotched history of youth, Generation X and youth culture to reveal the archetypes and ideologies punctuating the cinematic landscape. It critiques the ongoing marginalization of youth struggling to find their identity and a voice in increasingly unstable times.