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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Vicky Lebeau |
| ISBN: | 9781861893529 1861893523 |
| OCLC Number: | 154689983 |
| Description: | 221 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. |
| Contents: | The child, from life -- Cinema, infans -- child, sexuality, image -- The child, from death |
| Series Title: | Locations (London, England) |
| Responsibility: | Vicky Lebeau. |
Abstract:
Since its inception the world of cinema has embraced the image of the child and both extended and challenged its representations. This title explores the complex and adventure of childhood on screen and examines how the child in film has been used to embody the aspirations and anxieties of modern life.
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Lebeau's deft look at cinema's treatment of childhood puts aside the cosy teddy bears in favour of the harsher realities of murder, death, child abuse and war. Moving seamlessly from The Exorcist to The Shining via Mysterious Skin and M among countless others, this is fascinating rather than squeamish. Excellent. Empire Magazine ... a provocative and unique study of the figure of the child as it has been shaped by photography and cinema since the late nineteenth-century. Media and Culture Read more...
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