{"product_id":"9781861893529","title":"Childhood and Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eLolita \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eThe Sixth Sense\u003c\/i\u003e, the figure of the child in cinematic works has been a contested site of symbolism and controversy. \u003ci\u003eChildhood and Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the child in film has ultimately been used to embody the anxieties and aspirations of modern life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eVicky Lebeau investigates how films use children to probe such themes as sexuality, death, imagination, the terrors of childhood, and hope. The book ranges over the whole history of Western cinema, from the Lumière brothers’ 1895 \u003ci\u003eFeeding the Baby\u003c\/i\u003e to Walt Disney’s animation classics to Truffaut’s \u003ci\u003eL’enfant sauvage \u003c\/i\u003eand recent works such as \u003ci\u003eCapturing the Friedmans \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKids\u003c\/i\u003e. The figure of the child in film, Lebeau argues, is fundamentally ambivalent—always hovering on the edge between hope and despair, vulnerability and violence, or pleasure and trauma—and it ultimately offers a unique way of thinking about the significance of cinema itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBy turns engaging, thought-provoking, and informative, \u003ci\u003eChildhood and the Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e challenges us to reconsider the child figure as a conduit for critical reflection on what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039474204912,"sku":"9781861893529","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861893529_p0.jpg?v=1763600972","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861893529","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}