Rhode Island College Digital Commons @ RIC Honors Projects Overview Honors Projects 5-2008 "You're Tearing Me Apart"! Investigating Ideology in the Image of Teens in the 1950s Danielle Bouchard Rhode Island College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/honors_projects Part of the American Film Studies Commons, Cultural History Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, and the Sociology of Culture Commons Recommended Citation Bouchard, Danielle, ""You're Tearing Me Apart"! Investigating Ideology in the Image of Teens in the 1950s" (2008). Honors Projects Overview. 27. https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/honors_projects/27 This Honors is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors Projects at Digital Commons @ RIC. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Projects Overview by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ RIC. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. “YOU’RE TEARING ME APART”! INVESTIGATING IDEOLOGY IN THE IMAGE OF TEENS IN THE 1950S By Danielle Bouchard An Honors Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment Of the Requirements for Honors In The Department of Film Studies The School of Arts and Sciences Rhode Island College 2008 “You’re Tearing Me Apart”! Investigating Ideology in the Image of Teens in the 1950s Danielle Bouchard Honors Thesis 4/14/08 For as long as I can remember, I have wished that I had grown up in the 1950s. From the clothing and hair styles, to the music and movie stars of the time, that period represented everything that I wished my life to be.