Gidget, West Side Story, and To Sir With Love arise during a period of turmoil, when old ways and grand narratives about gender, race and class are being questioned.
In the first case we see the bizarre notion, at the time, of a female surfer and, in the latter film, an impoverished working class class of students who struggle with self-belief, abandonment and disenfranchisement.
Read the following to see how the Teenpic genre changes, addressing and seeking to represent the baby boomer teenager and their coming of age.
Teen Movies: American Teen on Screen by Tim Shary
Gidget – A Student’s Essay
Surfing the Other
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To Sir with (not much) Love
To Sir Film Analysis
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