Childhood and the Cinema (Reaktion Books - Locations)
Publisher: Reaktion Books; Reaktion
Published: February 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781861893529
Subjects: Films, cinema; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Film & Video - General; Performing Arts / Film / General
Description: A sometimes controversial exploration of the figure of the child in cinema. Through the image of the child, Vicky Lebeau examines themes such as sexuality, desire, death, loss, difference, the terrors of childhood, imagination and hope. She argues that the child in cinema represents all the ambivalence, hope and fear of modern life.