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Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg


Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg


Children and Youth in Popular Culture

von: Adrian Schober, Debbie Olson, Jen Baker, Jessica Balanzategui, Noel Brown, Ingrid E. Castro, Andrew M. Gordon, James Kendrick, Peter Krämer, Gabrielle Kristjanson, Fran Pheasant-Kelly, Leonie Rutherford

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Verlag: Lexington Books
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 13.04.2016
ISBN/EAN: 9781498518857
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 326

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<span><span>To say that children matter in Steven Spielberg's films is an understatement. Think of the possessed Stevie in </span><span>Something Evil</span><span> (TV), Baby Langston in </span><span>The Sugarland Express</span><span>, the alien-abducted Barry in </span><span>Close Encounters</span><span>,</span><span> </span><span>Elliott and his unearthly alter-ego in </span><span>E.T</span><span>, the war-damaged Jim in </span><span>Empire of the Sun</span><span>, the little girl in the red coat in </span><span>Schindler’s List</span><span>, the mecha child in </span><span>A.I.</span><span>, the kidnapped boy in </span><span>Minority Report</span><span>, and the eponymous boy hero of </span><span>The Adventures of Tintin</span><span>. (There are many other instances across his oeuvre). Contradicting his reputation as a purveyor of ‘popcorn’ entertainment, Spielberg’s vision of children/childhood is complex. Discerning critics have begun to note its darker underpinnings, increasingly fraught with tensions, conflicts and anxieties. But, while childhood is Spielberg’s principal source of inspiration, the topic has never been the focus of a dedicated collection of essays. The essays in </span><span>Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg</span><span> therefore seek to address childhood in the full spectrum of Spielberg’s cinema. Fittingly, the scholars represented here draw on a range of theoretical frameworks and disciplines—cinema studies, literary studies, audience reception, critical race theory, psychoanalysis, sociology, and more. This is an important book for not only scholars but teachers and students of Spielberg's work, and for any serious fan of the director and his career. </span></span>
<span>This collection, representing the work of scholars from a range of theoretical frameworks and disciplines, examines aspects of the preoccupation with children and childhood in Steven Spielberg’s films. It includes essays on such films as </span>
<span>Close Encounters of the Third Kind</span>
<span>, </span>
<span>E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun</span>
<span>, and</span>
<span> </span>
<span>more.</span>
<span><span>Introduction: </span><span>Adrian Schober </span><span><br>Chapter 1: Spielberg and the Kidult, </span><span>Noel Brown</span><span><br>Chapter 2: Unconditional Love, Hysterical Motherhood and the Lost/Possessed Child: Steven Spielberg’s </span><span>Something Evil</span><span>, </span><span>Adrian Schober</span><span><br>Chapter 3: Ambiguous Loss: The Depiction of Child Abduction in Spielberg’s Early Films, </span><span>James Kendrick</span><span><br>Chapter 4: “I’ll be right here!” Dealing with Emotional Trauma in and through </span><span>E.T. The Extraterrestrial</span><span>, </span><span>Peter Krämer</span><span><br>Chapter 5: Children, Innocence and Agency in the Films of Steven Spielberg, </span><span>Ingrid E. Castro</span><span><br>Chapter 6: Childhood, Race, and the Politics of Dirt in Steven Spielberg's </span><span>The Color Purple</span><span>, </span><span>Debbie Olson</span><span><br>Chapter 7: Betwixt-and-Between: Reclaiming Childhood in </span><span>Hook</span><span>, </span><span>Jen Baker</span><span> <br>Chapter 8:</span><span> Hook</span><span>ed on Happy Thoughts: New Sincerity and Spielberg’s Troubled Nostalgia for Mythic Childhood, </span><span>Jessica Balanzategui and Gabrielle Kristjanson </span><span><br>Chapter 9: Bipolar Boys: Spielberg's Manic-Depressive Children, </span><span>Andrew M. Gordon</span><span><br>Chapter 10: Trauma, Loss, Anxiety: Spielberg’s Missing Children in </span><span>Minority Report</span><span>, </span><span>Jurassic Park</span><span> and </span><span>War of the Worlds</span><span>, </span><span>Fran Pheasant-Kelly</span><span><br>Chapter 11: Body Consciousness and Adolescence in </span><span>The Adventures of</span><span>Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn</span><span>, </span><span>Leonie Rutherford</span></span>
<span><span>Adrian Schober</span><span>serves on the editorial board of </span><span>Red Feather: An International Journal of Children’s Popular Culture.</span></span>
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<span><span>Debbie Olson</span><span> is lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington, and for Dallas County Community College District.</span></span>

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