Teens, TV and Tunes : The Manufacturing of American Adolescent Culture

SUMARIO. Introduction: reading teen culture // pt. 1. Don't trust anyone over thirty / Teen culture industry (or, you pays your money and you takes your choice) / On the importance of being hip // pt. 2. The society of the teen sitcom / The form and function of the sitcom / Free, white, and teenage male (or, how to con friends and manipulate people): Saved by the bell / Nickelodeon nation building: from Clarissa explains it all to Zoey / The political dilemmas of iCarly / I have a dream job: True Jackson, VP // pt. 3. Pop goes teen culture / The birth of the pop music sitcom: The Monkees, The Archies, and The Partridge Family / Teen pop in opposition: Britney Spears versus Madonna / My generation: School of rock and the revival of rock ideology / Keeping it real and imaginary: the ideological contradictions of Hannah Montana / The boy bands are back in town (or, triumph of the hip): Big Time Rush / Conclusion: the youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow.