
The Children's Film
Genre, Nation, and Narrative
Noel Brown(Autor*in)
Wallflower Press
Erscheint ca. am 16. Mai 2017
Buch
Softcover
144 Seiten
978-0-231-18269-0 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
Films for children and young people are a constant in the history of cinema, from its beginnings to the present day. This book serves as a comprehensive introduction to the children's film, examining its recurrent themes and ideologies, and common narrative and stylistic principles. Opening with a thorough consideration of how the genre may be defined, this volume goes on to explore how children's cinema has developed across its broad historical and geographic span, with particular reference to films from the United States, Britain, France, Denmark, Russia, India, and China. Analyzing changes and continuities in how children's film has been conceived, it argues for a fundamental distinction between commercial productions intended primarily to entertain, and non-commercial films made under pedagogical principles, and produced for purposes of moral and behavioral instruction. In elaborating these different forms, this book outlines a history of children's cinema from the early days of commercial cinema to the present, explores key critical issues, and provides case studies of major children's films from around the world.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
[Brown] gives the reader a thorough introduction into analysis of the specific conventions and meanings of children's films in general. -- Peter Bosma, independent researcher * Frames Cinema Journal * This small volume reaffirms Noel Brown as the most productive, thoughtful, and illuminating scholar on children's film working today. -- Peter C. Kunze * The Lion and the Unicorn *Weitere Details
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
New York
USA
Verlagsgruppe
Columbia University Press
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Broschur/Paperback
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16 s/w Abbildungen
16 b&w illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 200 mm
Breite: 150 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-231-18269-0 (9780231182690)
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Person
Noel Brown lectures in film and media at Liverpool Hope University. He is the author of The Hollywood Family Film: A History, from Shirley Temple to Harry Potter (2012) and British Children's Cinema: From The Thief of Bagdad to Wallace and Gromit (2016).
Inhalt
Acknowledgements 1. The Children's Film 2. Hollywood, Children's Cinema and the Family Audience 3. Children's Film, Nation and Identity 4. Contemporary Children's Cinema: National and Transnational Trends Postscript Select Filmography Select Bibliography Index