Black Children in Hollywood Cinema Cast in Shadow 1st Edition by Debbie Olson 3319482726 9783319482729

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ISBN 10: 3319482726

ISBN 13: 9783319482729

Author: Debbie Olson

This book explores cultural conceptions of the child and the cinematic absence of black children from contemporary Hollywood film. Debbie Olson argues that within the discourse of children’s studies and film scholarship in relation to the conception of “the child,” there is often little to no distinction among children by race—the “child” is most often discussed as a universal entity, as the embodiment of all things not adult, not (sexually) corrupt. Discussions about children of color among scholars often take place within contexts such as crime, drugs, urbanization, poverty, or lack of education that tend to reinforce historically stereotypical beliefs about African Americans. Olson looks at historical conceptions of childhood within scholarly discourse, the child character in popular film and what space the black child (both African and African American) occupies within that ideal.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Establishing the Discourse of the Child

Chapter 3: African American Girls in Hollywood Cinema

Chapter 4: Boys in Black and the Urban Ghetto Child

Chapter 5: Soldier Bo(d)y: The Transnational Circulation of the African (American) Savage Child I

Chapter 6: The Black Child Star

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