The Child in Film: Tears, Fears and Fairy Tales

ISBN-13: 9781845119683 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 240 str.

Karen Lury

Opis

Karen Lury investigates why the figure of the child has such a significant impact on the visual aspects and storytelling potential of cinema. She reveals how a child's relationship to time allows it to disturb conventional master narratives and explores the expression of child sexuality.

Spis treści

1. Intoduction 2. Hide and Seek: children and ghosts in contemporary Japanese film and Art 3. Dirty Little White Girls: child sexuality and race from films and performers such as Lillian Gish in 'Broken Blossoms', via Shirley Temple to 'Lolita', 'Taxi Driver' and 'Man on Fire' 4. War's children (working title): the child figure in films about war 5. Child Actors (working title): including child performance, child stars, questions of intention Conclusion Bibliography Index