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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

"Examines the cinematic and cultural discourse surrounding work, the worker, organized labor, and the working class in 20th century America, and how these films are not merely products of their times, but also producers of ideological stances concerning the status of capitalism, class struggle, and democracy in America. Themes include: reform and revolution in affecting change"--Provided by publisher