Christina G Petersen

The Freshman

Comedy and Masculinity in 1920s Film and Youth Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines The Freshman (Taylor and Newmeyer, 1925) from a number of perspectives, with a focus on the social, economic, and political context that led to the rise of campus culture as a distinct subculture and popular mass culture in 1920s America.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 122
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 145mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781138046399
• ISBN-10: 1138046396
• Artikelnr.: 56134212

Autorenporträt

Christina G. Petersen is Christian Nielsen associate professor of film studies at Eckerd College. She has published on identity and embodiment in American cinema, including essays on the origins of the youth film, the independent African American race film industry, international avant-garde cinema, and contemporary film exhibition technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: When Both Were Young
1. 'A Large Football Stadium with a College Attached': 1920s Collegiate
Youth Culture
2. 'Just a Regular Fellow': Harold Lloyd and Silent-Era Middle-Class
Masculinity
3. 'The College Hero': The Freshman's Individual Conformist
4. 'Laugh and Live Longer': The Mass Marketing and Reception of The
Freshman
Conclusion: Before the Teenpic