Coming-of-Age Cinema in New Zealand: Genre, Gender and Adaptation

ISBN-13: 9781474429450 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str.

University of Otago) Fox Alistair (Emeritus Professor

Opis

This is the first book to investigate the coming-of-age genre as a significant phenomenon in New Zealand's national cinema, tracing its development and elucidating its role in cultural change.

Spis treści

Preface; Part 1: The Coming-of-Age Genre and National Cinema; Chapter 1: The Coming-of-Age Film as a Genre: Attributes, Evolution, and Functions; Chapter 2: New Zealand Coming-of-Age Films: Distinctive Characteristics and Thematic Preoccupations; Part 2: The New Zealand New Wave: 1976-1989; Chapter 3: The Formation of a Budding Man Alone: The God Boy (Murray Reece, 1976); Chapter 4: An Angry Young Man Seeks to Justify Himself: Sleeping Dogs (Ian Donaldson, 1977); Chapter 5: An Immigrant Filmmaker Substitutes an Alternative Vision of Adolescence: The Scarecrow (Sam Pillsbury, 1982); Chapter 6: Art-Cinema, Cultural Dislocation, and the Entry into Puberty: Vigil (Vincent Ward, 1984); Chapter 7: A Māori Girl Watches, Listens, and Learns – Coming of Age from an Indigenous Viewpoint: Mauri (Merata Mita, 1988); Part 3. The Second Wave of the 1990s; Chapter 8: Creativity as a Haven: An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990); Chapter 9: Desperation Turned Outwards: Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994); Chapter 10: Confronting Domestic Violence and Familial Abuse: Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori, 1994); Part 4: Preoccupations of the New Millennium; Chapter 11: An Adolescent Girl Experiments with Sexuality: Rain (Christine Jeffs, 2001); Chapter 12: Asserting Feminist Claims within Maori Culture: Whale Rider (Nicki Caro, 2002); Chapter 13: Family Secrets and Their Destructive Consequences: In My Father's Den (Brad McGann, 2004); Chapter 14: A Gay Boy Comes to Terms with His Sexuality: 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (Stewart Main, 2005); Part 5: Perspectives on Māori Culture since 2010; Chapter 15: Parental Abandonment and the Trauma of Loss: Boy (Taika Waititi, 2010); Chapter 16: A Māori Boy Contests the Old Patriarchal Order: Mahana (Lee Tamahori, 2016); Chapter 17: Delinquency and Bicultural Relations: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi, 2016); Conclusion; Bibliography; Index