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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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Autore: Low Brian John <1950-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: NFB kids : portrayals of children by the National Film Board of Canada 1939-89 / / Brian J. Low Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2002
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
Disciplina: 791.43/652054/0971
Soggetto topico: Children in motion pictures - History
Motion pictures - Social aspects - Canada
Motion pictures - Canada - History
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 era, this society-in-cinema underwent a p
Titolo autorizzato: NFB kids  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-92550-7
9786610925506
0-88920-720-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910811117203321
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Serie: Studies in childhood and family in Canada.