Child in Cinema

<p>This book brings together a host of internationally recognised scholars to provide an interdisciplinary perspective on the representation of the child in cinema. Individual chapters examine how children appear across a broad range of films including <i>Badlands</i> (1973) <i>Ratcatcher</i> (1999)<i> </i> <i>Boyhood</i> (2014) <i>My Neighbour Totoro</i> (1988) and <i>Howl's Moving Castle</i> (2004). They also consider the depiction of children in non-fiction and non-theatrical films including the documentaries <i>Être et Avoir </i>(2002) and<i> Capturing the Friedmans</i> (2003) art installations and public information films. Through a close analysis of these films contributors examine the spaces and places children inhabit and imagine; a concern for children's rights and agency; the affective power of the child as a locus for memory and history; and the complexity and ambiguity of the child figure itself. <p/>The essays also argue the global reach of cinema featuring children including analyses of films from the former Yugoslavia Brazil and India as well as exploring the labour of the child both in front of and behind the camera as actors and filmmakers. In doing so the book provides an in-depth look into the nature of child performance on screen across a diverse range of cinemas and film-making practices.</p>