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Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg (Paperback)
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Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg (Paperback)
Series: Children and Youth in Popular Culture
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To say that children matter in Steven Spielberg's films is an
understatement. Think of the possessed Stevie in Something Evil
(TV), Baby Langston in The Sugarland Express, the alien-abducted
Barry in Close Encounters, Elliott and his unearthly alter-ego in
E.T, the war-damaged Jim in Empire of the Sun, the little girl in
the red coat in Schindler's List, the mecha child in A.I., the
kidnapped boy in Minority Report, and the eponymous boy hero of The
Adventures of Tintin. (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 Children in the Films of Steven Spielberg 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.
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