Anxiety, helplessness and 'adultescence': examining the appeal of teen drama for the young adult audience

Feasey, R (2009) 'Anxiety, helplessness and 'adultescence': examining the appeal of teen drama for the young adult audience.' European Journal of Cultural Studies, 12 (4). pp. 431-446. ISSN 1367-5494

Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367549409342511

Abstract

Although much work on the long-running Charmed series focuses on the popular appeal of the programme for the teen or 'tween' audience, this article examines the ways in which the show can be seen to appeal to the young adult audience. It argues that those themes, characters and intertextual reference points that appeal to the adolescent viewer also can be seen to speak to the twenty to thirtysomething generation who have turned their back on marriage, mortgages and secure employment in favour of a less rigid definition of adult maturity.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: Charmed, crisis of adulthood, teen audience, young adult audience
Divisions: Bath School of Art, Film and Media
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1177/1367549409342511
Date Deposited: 25 Jan 2013 13:21
Last Modified: 13 Oct 2022 17:05
URI / Page ID: https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/657
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