LEADER 03637nam 22005655 450 001 9910585788403321 005 20240627171831.0 010 $a9783031059698$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031059681 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-05969-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7048886 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7048886 035 $a(CKB)24278544900041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-05969-8 035 $a(EXLCZ)9924278544900041 100 $a20220722d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Child in British Cinema /$fby Matthew Smith 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (224 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Smith, Matthew The Child in British Cinema Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031059681 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Writing the Child -- Chapter 2: Watching the Child -- Chapter 3: The Child and the City: The Urban Adventurer in Post-War Britain -- Chapter 4: Girlhood: Mobility, Stasis, and Change -- Chapter 5: Other Children: Migrant, Refugee, Other -- Chapter 6: Harry Potter: The British. 330 $aThis book argues that over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the cinema in Britain became the site on which childhood was projected, examined, and understood. Through an analysis of these projections; via case studies that encompass early cinema, pre and post-war film, and contemporary cinema; this book interprets the child in British cinema as a device through which to reflect upon issues of national culture, race, empire, class, and gender. Beginning with a discussion of early cinematic depictions of the child in Britain, this book examines cultural expressions of nationhood produced via non-commercial cinemas for children. It considers the way cinema encroaches on the moral edification of the child and the ostensible vibrancy and vitality of the British boy in post-war cinema. The author explores the representational and instrumental differences between depictions of boys and girls before extending this discussion to investigate the treatment of migrant, refugee, andimmigrant children in British cinema. It ends by recapitulating these arguments through a discussion of internationally successful British blockbuster cinema. The child in this study is a mobile figure, deployed across generic boundaries, throughout the history of British cinema and embodying a range of discourses regarding the health and wellbeing of the nation. Matthew Smith is a Film Studies scholar based in North West England. He has previously worked at the University of Liverpool, UK, and the University of Lancaster, UK, from which he received his PhD. 606 $aMotion pictures$zGreat Britain 606 $aCommunication 606 $aMotion pictures 606 $aBritish Film and TV 606 $aMedia Reception and Media Effects 606 $aClose Readings in Film and TV 615 0$aMotion pictures 615 0$aCommunication. 615 0$aMotion pictures. 615 14$aBritish Film and TV. 615 24$aMedia Reception and Media Effects. 615 24$aClose Readings in Film and TV. 676 $a737 676 $a791.436523 700 $aSmith$b Matthew$0833165 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910585788403321 996 $aThe Child in British Cinema$92902952 997 $aUNINA