Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; Series editors' introduction; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Breakfast Club and the golden age of the teen film; 1 The right place at the right time: how the market was primed for the production of The Breakfast Club; 2 Rules of the genre: creating iconic characters while breaking down stereotypes; 3 Teen problems in the 1980s, and Generation X and baby boomers just don't get along; 4 The synergistic effects of the marketing and the music
5 The lasting legacy: historical reception, contemporary impact, and Hughes as auteurBibliography; Index
