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Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy

2020-12-31

Von Ingrid E. Castro

Literaturkritik

Joining the emergent interdisciplinary investment in bridging the social sciences and the humanities, Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy: Walking in Other Worlds explores linkages between children s agency and fantasy. Fantasy as an integral aspect of childhood...

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Children and Childhood in the Works of Stephen King

2020-10-06

Von Debbie Olson

Sozialwissenschaften

This unique and timely collection examines childhood and the child character throughout Stephen King s works, from his early novels and short stories, through film adaptations, to his most recent publications. King s use of child characters within the frame...

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Children, Youth, and American Television

2018-07-03

Von Adrian Schober

Sozialwissenschaften

This volume explores how television has been a significant conduit for the changing ideas about children and childhood in the United States. Each chapter connects relevant events, attitudes, or anxieties in American culture to an analysis of children or child...

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The Child in World Cinema

2018-02-19

Von Debbie Olson

Sozialwissenschaften

This volume offers compelling analyses of children and childhood in non-Western films.

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Black Children in Hollywood Cinema

2017-03-14

Von Debbie Olson

Darstellende Kunst

This book explores cultural conceptions of the child and the cinematic absence of black children from contemporary Hollywood film. Debbie Olson argues that within the discourse of children s studies and film scholarship in relation to the conception of the c...

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The Child in Post-Apocalyptic Cinema

2015-03-06

Von Debbie Olson

Sozialwissenschaften

This collection explores and interrogates the complex role of the child character in the dystopian landscape of post-apocalyptic cinema, including classic, recent, and international films, approached from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and cultural...

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Children in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock

2014-12-17

Von Debbie Olson

Darstellende Kunst

Children and youth perform both innocence and knowingness within Hitchcock's complex cinematic texts. Though the child often plays a small part, their significance - symbolically, theoretically, and philosophically - offers a unique opportunity to illuminate...

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Lost and Othered Children in Contemporary Cinema

2012

Von Debbie C. Olson

Darstellende Kunst

Children have been a part of the cinematic landscape since the silent film era, yet children are rarely a part of the theoretical landscape of film analysis. Lost and Othered Children in Contemporary Cinema, edited by Debbie C. Olson and Andrew Scahill, seeks...

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