The Oxford Handbook of Children's Film

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by Noel Brown

Type

Didactic

Subject

On Films > Film selections

Keywords

children

Publishing date

2022

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Collection

Oxford Handbooks

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Hardcover • 896 pages
6 ¾ x 9 ¾ inches (17 x 25 cm)

ISBN

978-0-19-093935-9

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Book Presentation:
• Offers the most comprehensive and wide-ranging study of children's film currently available
• Expands the field with an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses contributions from scholars in film studies, children's education, children's media studies, children's literature studies, animation studies, and fandom studies
• Proposes an international scope, covering iconic films from Hollywood (including Disney), as well as from Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Iran, and Kenya
• Contains chapters written from a range of critical approaches to children's film, including genre, ideology, narrative, stardom, music, industry studies, and primary research on audiences and reception

The Oxford Handbook of Children's Film is the most comprehensive study of international children's cinema published to date. Overturning common prejudices that films for children are unworthy of serious attention, it presents nuanced and wide-ranging discussions from senior and junior scholars alike of iconic and neglected productions from Hollywood, Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Hungary, Australia, China, Japan, South Korea, India, Iran, Kenya, and several other countries. Featuring contributions by leading scholars in the field, the volume considers a range of issues central to the study of children's film, including questions of form and definition; representations of childhood and growing up; music, stardom, and performance; how children's films reflect national identity or serve as vehicles of state ideology and propaganda; the phenomenon of Hollywood 'family entertainment', especially the role of the Disney company; and how children and young people (as well as older audiences) engage with children's film culture. As a whole, the volume makes a substantial contribution to the emerging field of children's film studies, and will be of great interest to scholars of children's media and culture more broadly.

About the Author:
Noel Brown, Senior Lecturer in Film, Liverpool Hope University Noel Brown is Senior Lecturer in Film at Liverpool Hope University. He has written several books on aspects of children's film, family entertainment, and animation, including Contemporary Hollywood Animation (2021), The Children's Film: Genre, Nation and Narrative (2017), British Children's Cinema (2016), and The Hollywood Family Film (2012). He is also co-editor of Toy Story: How Pixar Reinvented the Animated Feature (2018) and Family Films in Global Cinema: The World Beyond Disney (2015).

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