Baudrillard, youth, and American film : fatal theory and education /

Kline, Kip,

Baudrillard, youth, and American film : fatal theory and education / Kip Kline. - 1 online resource (155 pages) - Youth culture and pedagogy in the 21st century .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Baudrillard, American film, and violence toward youth -- Baudrillard and the end of the teenager -- From illusion to the "perfect alibi of images": simulacra and American teen films -- The end of the teen party movie: Baudrillard and Project X -- The bling ring: real time cinema and the simulacrum of the teenager -- The breakfast club and second order simulation -- Fatal strategies for a new education: resistance after the murder of the real.

9781498501514 (e-book)


Baudrillard, Jean, 1929-2007 --Criticism and interpretation.


Teen films--History--United States--20th century.
Teenagers in motion pictures.
Mass media and youth.


Electronic books.

PN1995.9.Y6 / K55 2016

791.43/65235