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Autore |
Fox Alistair |
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Titolo |
Coming-of-age cinema in New Zealand : genre, gender and adaptation / / Alistair Fox [[electronic resource]] |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2017 |
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ISBN |
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1-4744-2947-5 |
1-4744-2946-7 |
1-4744-3843-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Traditions in world cinema |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Coming-of-age films - New Zealand - History and criticism |
Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
New Zealand |
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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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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Traditions in World Cinema -- Part 1 The Coming-of-age Genre and National Cinema -- 1. The Coming-of-age Film as a Genre: Attributes, Evolution, and Functions -- 2. New Zealand Coming-of-age Films: Distinctive Characteristics and Thematic Preoccupations -- Part 2 The New Zealand New Wave: 1976-89 -- 3. The Formation of a Budding Man Alone: The God Boy (Murray Reece, 1976) -- 4. An Angry Young Man Seeks to Justify Himself: Sleeping Dogs (Roger Donaldson, 1977) -- 5. An Immigrant Filmmaker Substitutes an Alternative Vision of Adolescence: The Scarecrow -- 6. Art-cinema, Cultural Dislocation, and the Entry into Puberty: Vigil (Vincent Ward, 1984) -- 7. A Maori Girl Watches, Listens, and Learns - Coming of Age from an Indigenous Viewpoint -- Part 3 The Second Wave of the 1990s -- 8. Creativity as a Haven: An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990) -- 9. Desperation Turned Outwards: Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994) -- 10. Confronting Domestic Violence and Familial Abuse: Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori, 1994) -- Part 4 Preoccupations of the New Millennium -- 11. An Adolescent Girl Experiments with Sexuality: Rain (Christine Jeffs, 2001) -- 12. Asserting Feminist Claims within Maori Culture: |
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Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002) -- 13. Family Secrets and Their Destructive Consequences: In My Father's Den (Brad McGann, 2004) -- 14. A Gay Boy Comes to Terms with His Sexuality: 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (Stewart Main, 2005) -- Part 5 Perspectives on Maori Culture since 2010 -- 15. Parental Abandonment and the Trauma of Loss: Boy (Taika Waititi, 2010) -- 16. A Maori Boy Contests the Old Patriarchal Order: Mahana (Lee Tamahori, 2016) -- 17. Delinquency and Bicultural Relations: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi, 2016) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This is the first book to investigate the coming-of-age genre as a significant phenomenon in New Zealand's national cinema, tracing its development and elucidating its role in cultural change. |
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