Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg.

By:

Schober, Adrian

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Children and Youth in Popular Culture SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (296 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781498518857

Subject(s):

Children in motion pictures

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Children in the Films of Steven SpielbergDDC classification:

791.4302/33092

LOC classification:

PN1998.3.S65C55 2016

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Spielberg and the Kidult -- Chapter Two: Unconditional Love, Hysterical Motherhood, and the Lost/Possessed Child -- Chapter Three: Ambiguous Loss -- Chapter Four: "I'll be right here!" Dealing with Emotional Trauma in and through E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial -- Chapter Five: Children, Innocence, and Agency in the Films of Steven Spielberg -- Chapter Six: Childhood, Race, and the Politics of Dirt in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple -- Chapter Seven: Betwixt-and-Between -- Chapter Eight: Hooked on Happy Thoughts -- Chapter Nine: Bipolar Boys -- Chapter Ten: Trauma, Loss, Anxiety -- Chapter Eleven: Body Consciousness and Adolescence in The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn -- Index -- About the Contributors.

Summary: This collection, representing the work of scholars from a range of theoretical frameworks and disciplines, examines aspects of the preoccupation with children and childhood in Steven Spielberg's films. It includes essays on such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun, andmore.

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This collection, representing the work of scholars from a range of theoretical frameworks and disciplines, examines aspects of the preoccupation with children and childhood in Steven Spielberg's films. It includes essays on such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun, andmore.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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