youth culture in global cinema THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK youth culture in global cinema n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n n edited by timothy shary and alexandra seibel university of texas press, austin copyright©2007 by the university of texas press Allrightsreserved PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Firstedition,2007 Requestsforpermissiontoreproducematerialfromthiswork shouldbesenttoPermissions,UniversityofTexasPress, P.O.Box7819,Austin,TX78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html (cid:9)Thepaperusedinthisbookmeetstheminimumrequirements ofansi/nisoz39.48-1992(r1997)(PermanenceofPaper). library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Youthcultureinglobalcinema/editedbyTimothySharyand AlexandraSeibel.—1sted. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. isbn-13:978-0-292-70930-0(cloth:alk.paper) isbn-10:0-292-70930-7(alk.paper) isbn-13:978-0-292-71414-4(pbk.:alk.paper) isbn-10:0-292-71414-9(alk.paper) 1.Youthinmotionpictures. I.Shary,Timothy,1967– II.Seibel,Alexandra. pn1995.9.y6y68 2007 791.43'65235—dc22 2006022240 Dedicatedtothegenerationsbeforeandafterme: myparents,CeciliaandRobert,andmydaughter,Olivia. tim DedicatedtoChristian— forallthesupportandpatience. alexandra THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK contents preface xi acknowledgments xiii introduction:YouthCultureShock 1 timothy shary part i: rebellion and resistance 7 chapter 1. AmericanJuvenileDelinquencyMoviesandtheEuropean Censors:TheCross-CulturalReceptionandCensorshipofTheWildOne, BlackboardJungle,andRebelWithoutaCause 9 daniel biltereyst chapter 2. TheImportedRebellion:CriminalGuysandConsumerist GirlsinPostwarGermanyandAustria 27 alexandra seibel chapter 3. RebelswithaCause:ChildrenversustheMilitary IndustrialComplex 37 mick broderick part ii: politics and style 57 chapter 4. Chinese‘‘YouthProblem’’Filmsinthe1980s:TheApolitics ofRebellion 59 xuelin zhou viii youth culture in global cinema chapter 5. TheAgeofTransition:AngelsandBlockersinRecent EasternandCentralEuropeanFilms 71 anikó imre chapter 6. TheSoundoftheSouthBronx:YouthCulture,Genre,and PerformanceinCharlieAhearn’sWildStyle 87 kimberley bercov monteyne part iii: youth and inner-national conflict 107 chapter 7. OutofDepth:ThePoliticsofDisaffectedYouthand ContemporaryLatinAmericanCinema 109 laura podalsky chapter 8. BirdsThatCannotFly:ChildhoodandYouthinCityof God 131 sonia cristina lino chapter 9. PortrayingMuslimYouthinEgyptandIndia:‘‘Worship NonebutAllahandBeDutifulandGoodtoParents’’ 144 claudia preckel chapter 10. ProjectingaBridgeforYouth:Islamic‘‘Enlightenment’’ versusWesternizationinTurkishCinema 157 savas¸ arslan part iv: narrating gender and difference 173 chapter 11. NarratingtheFeminineNation:TheComing-of-AgeGirl inContemporaryNewZealandCinema 175 mary m. wiles chapter 12. Gender,Race,Feminism,andtheInternationalGirlHero: TheUnremarkableU.S.PopularPressReceptionofBendItLikeBeckham andWhaleRider 189 sarah projansky chapter 13. Pachyderm’sProgress 207 murray pomerance chapter 14. BoysWillBeMen:TeenMasculinitiesinRecentSpanish Cinema 222 santiago fouz-hernández contents ix part v: coming-of-age queer 239 chapter 15. GirlsLookingatGirlsLookingforGirls:TheVisual PleasuresandSocialEmpowermentofQueerTeenRomanceFlicks 241 susan driver chapter 16. Youth,Sexuality,andtheNation:BeautifulThingand ShowMeLove 256 scott henderson chapter 17. DifferentfromtheOther(s):GermanYouthandtheThreat ofHomosexualSeduction 271 stephen tropiano appendix a: FilmographyofGlobalYouthFilmsbyNation 287 appendix b: FilmographyofGlobalYouthFilmsbyTheme 306 bibliography 313 contributors 331 index 337