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Social and Cultural Anthropology
American teenagers;1950s;motion pictures;film studies;television programs;cultural studies;American culture;gender roles;sexuality;nuclear family;ideology;Rebel without a Cause (Motion picture); Gidget (Motion picture); Leave It to Beaver (Television program);clean teen film;juvenile delinquent film
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"You're Tearing Me Apart"! Investigating Ideology In The Image Of Teens In The 1950s, Danielle Bouchard
"You're Tearing Me Apart"! Investigating Ideology In The Image Of Teens In The 1950s, Danielle Bouchard
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Using cultural studies as a critical paradigm and ideological analysis as methodology, argues that gender, sexuality, and the nuclear family are core issues treated in two films and one television program from the 1950s featuring American teenagers. Focuses on the classic juvenile delinquent film, Rebel without a Cause, the quintessential clean teen film, Gidget, and the television series, Leave It to Beaver.