The Visual Cultures of Childhood - Film and Television from The Magic Lantern To Teen Vloggers

This innovative book gives a historical and geographic perspective on visual cultures of childhood, looking at representation as well as media effects.

Table des matières

1. Visual Political Culture, Childhood And Youth: From Object To Subject To Activist / 2. The Emergence Of A Sentimental Visual Culture / 3. 'And Then The Kids Took It Over': Documentary Film, Racism And The Civil Rights Movement / 4. The Melodrama Of Being A Child: NGO Representations Of Poverty / 5. 'You Need To Be Glad That You Graduated From High School, And That You're Alive At Eighteen': Coming-Of-Age In Black Film / 6. We've Got A Bright Place In The Sun: LGBTQ Coming Out And Teen Melodrama / 7. 'I'd Be Lost Without The Weight Of You Two On My Back' working class teens and the Western / 8. 'On Being the Representation' / 9. 'We the Wounded': Violence and Citizenship / 10. Theorising childhood, visual culture, and technology

A propos de l'auteur

Karen Wells is Professor in Human Geography (International Development and Childhood Studies) at Birkbeck, University of London

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Karen Wells Karen Wells
• Edition: Rowman & Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 20.03.2020
• EAN: 9781786611031
• ISBN: 978-1-78661-103-1
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 229 mm x 18 mm
• Poids: 449 g
• Illustrations: 9 BW Photos, 1 Tables
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Médias, communication > Général, dictionnaires; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Educational strategies & policy, Early childhood care & education, Pre-school & kindergarten