The Children's Film: Genre, Nation, and Narrative

Noel Brown

Published by Columbia University Press 2017

The Children's Film

Genre, Nation, and Narrative

Noel Brown

In the series Short Cuts

https://doi.org/10.7312/brow18269

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About this book

This book serves as a comprehensive introduction to the children's film, examining its recurrent themes and ideologies, and common narrative and stylistic principles.

Author / Editor information

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).

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
1. The Children’s Film Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Hollywood, Children’s Cinema and the Family Audience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. Children’s Film, Nation and Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
4. Contemporary Children’s Cinema: National and Transnational Trends Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Postscript Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Select Filmography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Illustrations
- Other: 16 b&w illustrations

eBook

Published: September 24, 2018
ISBN: 9780231851114