The Child in World CinemaDebbie Olson This collection seeks to broaden the discussion of the child image by close analysis of the child and childhood as depicted in non-Western cinemas. Each essay offers a counter-narrative to Western notions of childhood by looking critically at alternative visions of childhood that does not privilege a Western ideal. Rather, this collection seeks to broaden our ideas about children, childhood, and the child’s place in the global community. This collection features a wide variety of contributors from around the world who offer compelling analyses of non-Western, non-Hollywood films starring children. |
Contents
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A Boys Journey and the World to Know | 43 |
Part II AFRICA | 61 |
Memories of FrenchAlgerian Childhoods on Screen | 63 |
Chapter Five Forms and Variations of Childrens Relationship to Space in Francophone African Fiction Films | 79 |
Childhood Coming of Age and National Transitions in the South African Fiction Film Otelo Burning 2011 | 97 |
Part III MIDDLE EAST | 123 |
A Study of Little Lenny in Deepa Mehtas 1947 Earth | 275 |
Part VI JAPAN | 293 |
Chapter Fifteen Westernization Identity and Emerging Notions of Childhood in the Films of Ozu Yasujirō | 295 |
Beyond the Shitty Realism of Mixed Race Orphans in Postwar Japan | 311 |
Yoshitarō Nomuras The Demon and Hirokazu Koreedas Nobody Knows | 333 |
Part VII CHINA | 353 |
Chapter Eighteen The Abducted Child Movie in Chinese Cinema | 355 |
Vision and Blindness in Chinese Cinema | 375 |
Simplicity and Complexity in the Cult Movie Ḥasamba the Black Handkerchief Gang 1971 | 125 |
The Case of Palestinian Child Labor | 149 |
Chapter Nine The Representation of Urban Female Teenagers in Iranian Cinema | 169 |
Part IV SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EUROPE | 193 |
Childhood Masculinity and Memory in Recent Spanish Film | 195 |
Chapter Eleven The Figure of the Child as a Contradictory Signifier in Contemporary Russian Cinema | 215 |
Romanian Kids and the Western Narrative of Childhood | 237 |
Part V INDIA | 257 |
Tamil Children in World Cinema | 259 |
Useful Children and the Notion of Guai in Transnational Chinese Cinema | 409 |
Zhang Yimous Not One Less | 431 |
Part VIII NEW ZEALAND | 449 |
Chapter TwentyTwo Talking Back to the MainstreamPop Culture and the Child in the Cinema of Taika Waititi | 451 |
Appendix Children in World Cinema Selected Filmography | 475 |
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About the Contributors | 489 |
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