SOC377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: James Marsters, The Hardy Boys, Joss Whedon
6 Dec 2016
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Lecture 21 & 22: youth representations in culture: past and. The very distant past: the most iconic representations of american youth come from mark twain, images of delinquent youth, both are representations of youth as a time of escape. Lays the pattern for later teen fiction (buffy, harry potter, hunger games, etc) Shift to like homer simpson types, stereotypical sitcom dad. Adults on the show are horrible (dead parents or parents who aren"t involved) Saving the world: buffy, the scoobies (willow, xander, oz, anya, giles, brooding romance (angel, awesome blonde vampire (spike [played by the sublime james marsters]) Saving the world with bow and some arrows: katniss everdeen is basically buffy, one teenager defies the state (the capital, with a bow and arrow (and berries, in the end she wins, she brings down a political system. Now: hbo series like lena dunham"s girls seek to portray a gritty realistic version on life for youth.
