The Child in British Cinema

This 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 cinem...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Matthew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02862nmm a2200313 u 4500
001 EB002019330
003 EBX01000000000000001182228
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 220804 ||| eng
020 |a 9783031059698 
100 1 |a Smith, Matthew 
245 0 0 |a The Child in British Cinema  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c by Matthew Smith 
250 |a 1st ed. 2022 
260 |a Cham  |b Palgrave Macmillan  |c 2022, 2022 
300 |a IX, 220 p. 15 illus., 8 illus. in color  |b online resource 
505 0 |a Chapter 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 
653 |a Communication 
653 |a Media Reception and Media Effects 
653 |a Motion pictures / Great Britain 
653 |a Motion pictures 
653 |a British Film and TV. 
653 |a Close Readings in Film and TV. 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b Springer  |a Springer eBooks 2005- 
028 5 0 |a 10.1007/978-3-031-05969-8 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05969-8?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 791.40941 
520 |a This 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.