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UNINA9910788160803321 |
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Titolo |
The child in post-apocalyptic cinema / / edited by Debbie Olson ; contributors, Eduardo Barros-Grela [and thirteen others] |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (246 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Children in motion pictures |
Apocalypse in motion pictures |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; 1 Monstrous Conceptions; 2 Sustenance for the Body and the Soul; 3 Perpetual Horizons; 4 The Child Is My Warrant; 5 Space and Children in Post-Apocalyptic Film; 6 When Disney Went Apocalyptic; 7 Children of Hope; 8 "Until the World Deserves Them"; 9 Emperor Tomato Ketchup; 10 The Specter of the Postcolonial Child and Faux Long Takes in Cuarón's Children of Men; 11 Persistently Ambivalent; 12 "Not the Little Blonde Innocent You Picture"; Index; About the Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<span><span>This collection explores and interrogates the complex role of the child character in the dystopian landscape of post-apocalyptic cinema, including classic, recent, and international films, approached from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and cultural perspectives.</span></span> |
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