Templeton, Peter, 1986-
Clerks : 'over the counter' culture and youth cinema / Peter Templeton. - 1 online resource (viii, 107 pages) : illustrations. - Cinema and youth cultures .
"Routledge Focus" -- front cover.
'Insubordination rules': Clerks and the counterculture of the 1990s -- 'A job that makes a difference': youth and employment -- 'Who closed the store to play hockey?': work and leisure -- 'I still get free Gatorate, right?": Clerks, youth and consumption -- 'Any balls down there?': Clerks, slacker masculinity and sexaulity.
"Clerks (1994) was born of and appeals to a specific youth subculture, with the multimedia 'View Askewniverse' developing out of the film's initial release. This study of Kevin Smith's debut film breaks new ground by exploring how Clerks sits at the intersection of political and cultural trends relevant to alternative youth cultures in the early 1990s. Drawing on existing texts and movements such as Richard Linklater's Slacker (1991), Douglas Coupland's novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture and alternative rock subcultures that had developed during and since the 1980s, the film presents a comedic take on working as a young person in 1990s America in a manner that was praised for its authenticity. Filmed on a miniscule budget, the roughness of the film's aesthetic, combined with a hard rock soundtrack comprised of mostly independent bands, convinced many that it could speak for young Americans, much more than polished, corporate Hollywood productions. At a time when young men were pessimistic about their economic prospects and their role in society was changing, Clerks provides a vivid representation of them caught in the pinch of this unsettling historical moment"--
9780429319358 0429319355 9781000347319 1000347311 9781000347470 1000347478 9781000347395 1000347397
10.4324/9780429319358 doi
Clerks (Motion picture)
Generation X--In motion pictures.
Labor in motion pictures.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
PN1997.C645 / T46 2021
791.43/72
Clerks : 'over the counter' culture and youth cinema / Peter Templeton. - 1 online resource (viii, 107 pages) : illustrations. - Cinema and youth cultures .
"Routledge Focus" -- front cover.
'Insubordination rules': Clerks and the counterculture of the 1990s -- 'A job that makes a difference': youth and employment -- 'Who closed the store to play hockey?': work and leisure -- 'I still get free Gatorate, right?": Clerks, youth and consumption -- 'Any balls down there?': Clerks, slacker masculinity and sexaulity.
"Clerks (1994) was born of and appeals to a specific youth subculture, with the multimedia 'View Askewniverse' developing out of the film's initial release. This study of Kevin Smith's debut film breaks new ground by exploring how Clerks sits at the intersection of political and cultural trends relevant to alternative youth cultures in the early 1990s. Drawing on existing texts and movements such as Richard Linklater's Slacker (1991), Douglas Coupland's novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture and alternative rock subcultures that had developed during and since the 1980s, the film presents a comedic take on working as a young person in 1990s America in a manner that was praised for its authenticity. Filmed on a miniscule budget, the roughness of the film's aesthetic, combined with a hard rock soundtrack comprised of mostly independent bands, convinced many that it could speak for young Americans, much more than polished, corporate Hollywood productions. At a time when young men were pessimistic about their economic prospects and their role in society was changing, Clerks provides a vivid representation of them caught in the pinch of this unsettling historical moment"--
9780429319358 0429319355 9781000347319 1000347311 9781000347470 1000347478 9781000347395 1000347397
10.4324/9780429319358 doi
Clerks (Motion picture)
Generation X--In motion pictures.
Labor in motion pictures.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
PN1997.C645 / T46 2021
791.43/72