Children in the films of Steven Spielberg /
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| Imprint: | Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016] |
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| Description: | ix, 284 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Children and youth in popular culture Children and youth in popular culture. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10769560 |
Table of Contents:
- Illustrations
- List of Tables and Figures
- Introduction
- 1. Spielberg and the Kidult
- 2. Unconditional Love, Hysterical Motherhood, and the Lost/ Possessed Child: Steven Spielberg's Something Evil
- 3. Ambiguous Loss: The Depiction of Child Abduction in Spielberg's Early Films
- 4. "I'll be right here!" Dealing with Emotional Trauma in and through E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
- 5. Children, Innocence, and Agency in the Films of Steven Spielberg
- 6. Childhood, Race, and the Politics of Dirt in Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple
- 7. Betwixt-and-Between: Reclaiming Childhood in Hook
- 8. Hooked on Happy Thoughts: New Sincerity and Spielberg's Troubled Nostalgia for Mythic Childhood
- 9. Bipolar Boys: Spielberg's Manic-Depressive Children
- 10. Trauma, Loss, Anxiety: Spielberg's Missing Children in Minority Report, Jurassic Park, and War of the Worlds
- 11. Body Consciousness and Adolescence in The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
- Index
- About the Contributors