ReFocus

ReFocus

by Shary, Timothy Smith, Frances

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A collection of interdisciplinary essays, collected for the first time, on the work of filmmaker and screenwriter Amy Heckerling. Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High are affectionately regarded as key foundations of the modern Hollywood teen movie. However, the director and screenwriter for these films, Amy Heckerling, is far from a household name, despite the major influence she has had on contemporary US cinema. The first book-length study of her films, ReFocus: The Films of Amy Heckerl…

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  • Full title :ReFocus. / edited by Frances Smith and Timothy Shary.

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A collection of interdisciplinary essays, collected for the first time, on the work of filmmaker and screenwriter Amy Heckerling. Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High are affectionately regarded as key foundations of the modern Hollywood teen movie. However, the director and screenwriter for these films, Amy Heckerling, is far from a household name, despite the major influence she has had on contemporary US cinema. The first book-length study of her films, ReFocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling brings together a collection of original essays from a wide range of critical perspectives, aiming to recuperate Heckerling's place as a distinctive female voice in the contemporary Hollywood landscape. Divided into four sections, each examining a distinctive aspect of Heckerling's work, the volume draws on research from applied linguistics and audience studies, as well as from aspects of gender and film studies. Questions of gender, genre and identity, as well as the role of women in Hollywood and the implications of Heckerling's recent turn to television, are all considered in a volume that aims to refocus on the films and influence of this distinctive American director.

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  • Publication Date:©2016

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1474404626, 9781474404624
  • oclc:ocn946936540
  • LC Classification:PN1998.3.H435
  • Dewey Decimal:791.4302/33092

Table of Contents

Intro -- ReFocus: The Films of Amy Heckerling -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Film and Television Work by Amy Heckerling -- 1 Introduction -- Part I Heckerling in Teen Film and Television -- Introduction to Part I -- 2 Cher and Dionne BFFs: Female Friendship, Genre, and Medium Specificity in the Film and Television Versions of Amy Heckerling's Clueless -- 3 Fast Times with Clueless Losers: Lessons on Sex and Gender in Amy Heckerling's Teen Films -- 4 "As If a Girl's Reach Should Exceed Her Grasp": Gendering Genericity and Spectatorial Address in the Work of Amy Heckerling -- Part II Ingenuity and Irony in the Heckerling Lexicon -- Introduction to Part II -- 5 Consumerism and the Languages of Class: American Teenagers View Amy Heckerling's Clueless -- 6 "An Increasingly Valid Form of Expression": Teenspeak and Community Identity in the Work of Amy Heckerling -- Part III Femininity, Aging, and Postfeminism -- Introduction to Part III -- 7 Look Who's Doing the Caring: Shared Parenting, Subjectivity, and Gender Roles in Heckerling's Look Who's Talking Films -- 8 Amy Heckerling's Place in Hollywood: Issues of Aging and Sisterhood in I …

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Subjects

Cinéma américain Criticism, interpretation, etc Heckerling, Amy Motion pictures, American PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video

Writers

Shary, Timothy Smith, Frances

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