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Teen movies seem ubiquitous, but every genre has its origins. Beginning with the Andy Hardy films of 1937–46, in which Mickey Rooney played the quintessential white American schoolboy, Handy's (Wild Things: The Joys of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult) book moves through 1950s juvenile-delinquency movies and James Dean as the ultimate misunderstood teen. The beach party movies of the 1960s showcased a more palatable, yet sex-obsessed brand of teen freedom, while 1973's American Graffiti spa...Log In or Sign Up to Read More