Rock’n’Roll and the “New Lost Generation” of American Cinema
Patrycja Włodek
kwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.plUniversity of the National Education Commission, Krakow (Poland)
Abstract
Rock’n’roll became a cultural and popcultural phenomenon of the 1950s. It not only revolutionised the music scene in the United States, but also exerted a profound influence on the cinema. Both major studios and independent producers wanted to capitalise on the unprecedented response, especially among teenage audiences. The revolutionary and the subversive potential of rock’n’roll, the resistance of the older generation, and the immediate association in its social perception with rebellion and juvenile delinquency led to the resulting films maneuvering between censorship, moral panic and the admiration of “teenculture”. Today they represent an interesting object of analysis embedding musical and cinematographic phenomena in a social context.
Keywords:
rock’n’roll, American cinema, rebellion, young generationReferences
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Patrycja Włodekkwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
University of the National Education Commission, Krakow Poland
Doktor nauk o sztuce, absolwentka socjologii i filmoznawstwa na UJ, adiunkt na Uniwersytecie Pedagogicznym im. KEN w Krakowie. Autorka książki „Świat był przemoczoną pustką”. Czarny kryminał Raymonda Chandlera w literaturze i filmie oraz licznych tekstów o tematyce filmowej i serialowej publikowanych w tomach zbiorowych i czasopismach naukowych. W kręgu jej zainteresowań znajdują się zagadnienia z zakresu historii kina, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem kinematografii amerykańskiej i neoseriali.
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