The Child in Cinema av Professor Karen (University of Glasgow UK) Lury

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This book brings together a host of internationally recognised scholars to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the representation of the child in cinema. Individual chapters examine how children appear across a broad range of films, including <i>Badlands</i> (1973), <i>Ratcatcher</i> (1999)<i>,</i><i>Boyhood</i> (2014), <i>My Neighbour Totoro</i> (1988), and <i>Howl¿s Moving Castle</i> (2004). They also consider the depiction of children in non-fiction and non-theatrical films, including the documentaries <i>¿re et Avoir </i>(2002) and<i> Capturing the Friedmans</i> (2003), art installations and public information films. Through a close analysis of these films, contributors examine the spaces and places children inhabit and imagine; a concern for children¿s rights and agency; the affective power of the child as a locus for memory and history; and the complexity and ambiguity of the child figure itself.The essays also argue the global reach of cinema featuring children, includin