| Description |
xiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Garland reference library of the humanities ; v. 2165.. Children's literature and culture ; v. 12 |
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 2165
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Garland reference library of the humanities. Children's literature and culture ; v. 12
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| Contents |
Pt. 1. Introduction: What Is a Children's Film? Some Personal, Pedagogical, Critical, Textual, Institutional, and Cultural Thoughts on Defining a Children's Film -- Pt. 2. Criticism: Taking Stock: The Politics of Children's Film Criticism. Moral 1910-20s. Social Science 1930s. Cultural 1950s. Feminist 1960s. Ideological 1970. Adaptation and Film History 1980s. Media Studies. Critical Theory, and Beyond 2000 -- Pt. 3. History. 1895-1927: The Silent Era and the Beginning of Children's Cinema and Film in America and Britain. 1930s Children's Cinema and Film: Literary Adaptations, Child Stars, and Censorship. World War II: Disney, American Film Noir, Italian Neorealism, and French Classicism. 1960s Children's Cinema and Film History: Feminist Politics and the Death of a Child Star. First and Third World Children's Cinema: The 1970s and 1980s. 1990s United States and European Children's Cinema and Film: The Bicycle Thief, Toy Story, and the End of Children's Cinema -- Pt. 4. Ideology |
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Marx, Althusser, Comolli and Narboni: Disney, Home Alone, and Ferngully. Class and Children's Films: Bright Eyes, Stand By Me, and Harriet the Spy. Feminist Film Theory, Feminist Children's Film Criticism, and Children's Films -- Pt. 5. Pedagogy. Teaching Children's Films. Genre. Character. Theme. Setting. Mise-en-Scene. Point of View and Tone. Allusions in The Land Before Time. Stand By Me. Adaptation Theory. Allusions in Avant-Garde. Children's Films as Ethnography: Salaam Bombay and The Indian in the Cupboard. What Children's Films Teach: The Pedagogy of Empire in Kim and Aladdin |
| Summary |
This study examines children's films from various critical perspectives, including those provided by classical and current film theory |
| Analysis |
Cinema (Film studies) |
| Notes |
Includes filmography |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253), filmography (pages 223-239) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Children's films -- History and criticism.
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| LC no. |
99047804 |
| ISBN |
081533074X (alk. paper) |
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0815337949 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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