| Description |
1 online resource (295 pages) |
| Contents |
1 Children in a Cinematic Society; 2 Early NFB Society: The Eyes of Democracy; 3 Lessons in Living: ''Deconstruction'' of a Rural Community in Early NFB Society; 4 Fields of Vision: Panoramas of Childhood in the Cinematic Society, 1947-67; 5 ''The New Generation'': Mental Hygiene and the Portrayals of Children by the National Film Board of Canada, 1946-67; 6 A Progressive State of Disequilibrium: Social Relations in the Cinematic Society, 1968-89; 7 Conclusion: The Century of the Cinematic Child; 8 Epilogue |
| Summary |
Imagine a society that exists solely in cinema -- this book explores exactly that. Using a half-century of films from the archival collection of the National Film Board, NFB Kids: Portrayals of Children by the National Film Board of Canada, 1939-1989 overcomes a long-standing impasse about what films may be credibly said to document. Here they document not "reality," but social images preserved over time -- the "NFB Society"--An evolving, cinematic representation of Canadian families, schools and communities. During the postwar era, this society-in-cinema underwent a profound change in its |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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National Film Board of Canada -- History
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| SUBJECT |
National Film Board of Canada fast |
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Children in motion pictures -- History
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- Canada
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Motion pictures -- Canada -- History
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Children in motion pictures
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Motion pictures
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects
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Canada
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780889207202 |
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0889207208 |
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