In this Book
- Rebel Without a Cause: Approaches to a Maverick Masterwork
- Book
- 2005
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series, Horizons of Cinema
summary
Five decades after the production and initial release of Rebel Without a Cause, this book examines both the complicated historical moment in which the film was made as well as its continuing and pervasive influence on film today. The contributors track how the film continues to speak to diverse audiences as a touchstone for imagined anxieties over adolescence and coming-of-age, traditional values of family and community, threats from abroad, and the provocations of mass or consumer society. Although the specific sources and motivations for rebellion have shifted, what has persisted is the film’s singular power to represent rebellion in what could otherwise be seen as the everyday, and to move viewers to ponder its causes.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- 1. Story into Script
- pp. 25-34
- 2. Stark Performance
- pp. 35-52
- 4. Growing Up Male in Jim’s Mom’s World
- pp. 89-108
- 5. Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause
- pp. 109-130
- Cast and Production Credits
- pp. 253-256
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 257-258
- Contributors
- pp. 259-262
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791482346
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
63161617
Pages
269
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No