Coming-Of-Age Cinema in New Zealand : Genre, Gender and Adaptation in a National Cinema.

By: Fox, AlistairMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017Copyright date: �2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (260 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781474429467Subject(s): Coming-of-age films-New Zealand-History and criticismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Coming-Of-Age Cinema in New ZealandDDC classification: 791.4365235 LOC classification: PN1995.9.Y6 .F69 2017Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Traditions in World Cinema -- Part 1 The Coming-of-age Genre and National Cinema -- 1. The Coming-of-age Film as a Genre: Attributes, Evolution, and Functions -- 2. New Zealand Coming-of-age Films: Distinctive Characteristics and Thematic Preoccupations -- Part 2 The New Zealand New Wave: 1976-89 -- 3. The Formation of a Budding Man Alone: The God Boy (Murray Reece, 1976) -- 4. An Angry Young Man Seeks to Justify Himself: Sleeping Dogs (Roger Donaldson, 1977) -- 5. An Immigrant Filmmaker Substitutes an Alternative Vision of Adolescence: The Scarecrow -- 6. Art-cinema, Cultural Dislocation, and the Entry into Puberty: Vigil (Vincent Ward, 1984) -- 7. A Maori Girl Watches, Listens, and Learns - Coming of Age from an Indigenous Viewpoint -- Part 3 The Second Wave of the 1990s -- 8. Creativity as a Haven: An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990) -- 9. Desperation Turned Outwards: Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994) -- 10. Confronting Domestic Violence and Familial Abuse: Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori, 1994) -- Part 4 Preoccupations of the New Millennium -- 11. An Adolescent Girl Experiments with Sexuality: Rain (Christine Jeffs, 2001) -- 12. Asserting Feminist Claims within Maori Culture: Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002) -- 13. Family Secrets and Their Destructive Consequences: In My Father's Den (Brad McGann, 2004) -- 14. A Gay Boy Comes to Terms with His Sexuality: 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (Stewart Main, 2005) -- Part 5 Perspectives on Maori Culture since 2010 -- 15. Parental Abandonment and the Trauma of Loss: Boy (Taika Waititi, 2010) -- 16. A Maori Boy Contests the Old Patriarchal Order: Mahana (Lee Tamahori, 2016) -- 17. Delinquency and Bicultural Relations: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi, 2016) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Explores the complex ethical dilemmas of human mobility in the context of climate change.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Traditions in World Cinema -- Part 1 The Coming-of-age Genre and National Cinema -- 1. The Coming-of-age Film as a Genre: Attributes, Evolution, and Functions -- 2. New Zealand Coming-of-age Films: Distinctive Characteristics and Thematic Preoccupations -- Part 2 The New Zealand New Wave: 1976-89 -- 3. The Formation of a Budding Man Alone: The God Boy (Murray Reece, 1976) -- 4. An Angry Young Man Seeks to Justify Himself: Sleeping Dogs (Roger Donaldson, 1977) -- 5. An Immigrant Filmmaker Substitutes an Alternative Vision of Adolescence: The Scarecrow -- 6. Art-cinema, Cultural Dislocation, and the Entry into Puberty: Vigil (Vincent Ward, 1984) -- 7. A Maori Girl Watches, Listens, and Learns - Coming of Age from an Indigenous Viewpoint -- Part 3 The Second Wave of the 1990s -- 8. Creativity as a Haven: An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990) -- 9. Desperation Turned Outwards: Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994) -- 10. Confronting Domestic Violence and Familial Abuse: Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori, 1994) -- Part 4 Preoccupations of the New Millennium -- 11. An Adolescent Girl Experiments with Sexuality: Rain (Christine Jeffs, 2001) -- 12. Asserting Feminist Claims within Maori Culture: Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2002) -- 13. Family Secrets and Their Destructive Consequences: In My Father's Den (Brad McGann, 2004) -- 14. A Gay Boy Comes to Terms with His Sexuality: 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous (Stewart Main, 2005) -- Part 5 Perspectives on Maori Culture since 2010 -- 15. Parental Abandonment and the Trauma of Loss: Boy (Taika Waititi, 2010) -- 16. A Maori Boy Contests the Old Patriarchal Order: Mahana (Lee Tamahori, 2016) -- 17. Delinquency and Bicultural Relations: Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Taika Waititi, 2016) -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Explores the complex ethical dilemmas of human mobility in the context of climate change.

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