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UNINA9910811117203321 |
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Autore |
Low Brian John <1950-> |
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NFB kids : portrayals of children by the National Film Board of Canada 1939-89 / / Brian J. Low |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-92550-7 |
9786610925506 |
0-88920-720-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (295 p.) |
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Collana |
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Studies in childhood and family in Canada |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Children in motion pictures - History |
Motion pictures - Social aspects - Canada |
Motion pictures - Canada - History |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; 1 Children in a Cinematic Society; 2 Early NFB Society: The Eyes of Democracy; 3 Lessons in Living: ''Deconstruction'' of a Rural Community in Early NFB Society; 4 Fields of Vision: Panoramas of Childhood in the Cinematic Society, 1947-67; 5 ''The New Generation'': Mental Hygiene and the Portrayals of Children by the National Film Board of Canada, 1946-67; 6 A Progressive State of Disequilibrium: Social Relations in the Cinematic Society, 1968-89; 7 Conclusion: The Century of the Cinematic Child; 8 Epilogue |
Appendix 1: 300 NFB Films with Significant Portrayals of Children and Youth, 1939-89Appendix 2: A Note Concerning the Process of Film Selection; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Imagine a society that exists solely in cinema - this book explores exactly that. Using a half-century of films from the archival collection of the National Film Board, NFB Kids: Portrayals of Children by the National Film Board of Canada, 1939-1989 overcomes a long-standing impasse about what films may be credibly said to document. Here they document not ""reality,"" but social images preserved over time - the ""NFB Society"" - an evolving, cinematic representation of Canadian families, schools and communities. During the postwar |
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