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In this chapter, Seggi discusses how, since the late nineteenth century, the changing economic, political, legal and cultural milieu in the US has shaped the understanding of youth and films, in and outside the movie industry.
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Seggi, A. (2022). Youth, Film, Culture, and Society. In: Youth and Suicide in American Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08686-1_2
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