This wide-ranging collection examines the films of John Hughes from diverse angles, considering how he depicted young characters, how he revealed the humour of family life, and how his films subtly critiqued social issues such as class, race, gender, education and domestic relationships.
This wide-ranging collection examines the films of John Hughes from diverse angles, considering how he depicted young characters, how he revealed the humour of family life, and how his films subtly critiqued social issues such as class, race, gender, education and domestic relationships.
Timothy Shary is the author of Teen Movies: American Youth on Screen (Wallflower, 2005) and Generation Multiplex: The Image of Youth in American Cinema Since 1980 (Texas, 2014). He teaches at Eastern Florida State College. Frances Smith is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sussex. She is the author of 'Rethinking the Hollywood Teen Movie' (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), which combines close textual analysis and critical theory to argue that the genre possesses a distinct narrative and aesthetic.
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List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Film and Television Work by John Hughes 1. Introduction - Timothy Shary and Frances Smith Part I: Hughes in the Industry 2. John Hughes as Auteur: History, Hagiography, Historiography - Elissa H. Nelson 3. "Becoming John Hughes": Regional Production, Hyphenate Filmmaking, and Independence Within Hollywood - Yannis Tzioumakis 4. Ferris Bueller vs. Parker Lewis: "Adapting" Ferris Bueller's Day Off for Television - Stephen Tropiano Part II: Reconsidering Youth 5. "Life moves pretty fast": Mobility, Power, and Aesthetics in John Hughes's Teen Films - Christina G. Petersen 6. "When Cameron Was in Egypt's Land": The Queer Child of Neglect in John Hughes's Films - Barbara Jane Brickman 7. We Need to Talk about Kevin McCallister: John Hughes's Careless Parents and Abandoned Children - Melissa Oliver-Powell Part III: Family and Fatherhood 8. Brand Name Vision: Props in the Films of John Hughes - Leah R. Shafer 9. Domesticating the Comedian: Comic Performance, Narrative, and the Family in John Hughes's 1980s Comedian Films - Holly Chard 10. Fatherhood and the Failures of Paternal Authority in the Films of John Hughes - Alice Leppert Part IV: Contested Identities 11. Bizarre Love Triangle: Frankensteinian Masculinities in Weird Science - Andrew Scahill 12. "You look good wearing my future:" Social Class and Individualism in the 1980s Teen Films of John Hughes - Robert C. Bulman 13. The Unbearable Whiteness of Being in a John Hughes Movie - Frances Smith Bibliography Appendix: Other Films and Television Shows Cited in this Collection Index
List of Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Film and Television Work by John Hughes 1. Introduction - Timothy Shary and Frances Smith Part I: Hughes in the Industry 2. John Hughes as Auteur: History, Hagiography, Historiography - Elissa H. Nelson 3. "Becoming John Hughes": Regional Production, Hyphenate Filmmaking, and Independence Within Hollywood - Yannis Tzioumakis 4. Ferris Bueller vs. Parker Lewis: "Adapting" Ferris Bueller's Day Off for Television - Stephen Tropiano Part II: Reconsidering Youth 5. "Life moves pretty fast": Mobility, Power, and Aesthetics in John Hughes's Teen Films - Christina G. Petersen 6. "When Cameron Was in Egypt's Land": The Queer Child of Neglect in John Hughes's Films - Barbara Jane Brickman 7. We Need to Talk about Kevin McCallister: John Hughes's Careless Parents and Abandoned Children - Melissa Oliver-Powell Part III: Family and Fatherhood 8. Brand Name Vision: Props in the Films of John Hughes - Leah R. Shafer 9. Domesticating the Comedian: Comic Performance, Narrative, and the Family in John Hughes's 1980s Comedian Films - Holly Chard 10. Fatherhood and the Failures of Paternal Authority in the Films of John Hughes - Alice Leppert Part IV: Contested Identities 11. Bizarre Love Triangle: Frankensteinian Masculinities in Weird Science - Andrew Scahill 12. "You look good wearing my future:" Social Class and Individualism in the 1980s Teen Films of John Hughes - Robert C. Bulman 13. The Unbearable Whiteness of Being in a John Hughes Movie - Frances Smith Bibliography Appendix: Other Films and Television Shows Cited in this Collection Index
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