The Child in Post-Apocalyptic Cinema - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0739194283 ISBN 13 : 9780739194287

Editeur : Lexington Books, 2015

Synopsis

The child in many post-apocalyptic films occupies a unique space within the narrative, a space that oscillates between death and destruction, faith and hope. The Child in Post-Apocalyptic Cinema interrogates notions of the child as a symbol of futurity and also loss. By exploring the ways children function discursively within a dystopian framework we may better understand how and why traditional notions of childhood are repeatedly tethered to sites of adult conflict and disaster, a connection that often functions to reaffirm the "rightness" of past systems of social order. This collection features critical articles that explore the role of the child character in post-apocalyptic cinema, including classic, recent, and international films, approached from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and cultural perspectives.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Debbie Olson is associate professor at Missouri Valley College.

Eduardo Barros is postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of English at Universidade da Coruña, Spain.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lexington Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0739194283
• ISBN 13: 9780739194287
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Éditeur: Olson Debbie
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne