This collection examines the child’s role in contemporary post-apocalyptic films and television.. By exploring the function of child characters within a dystopian framework, this volume illustrates how traditional notions of childhood are tethered to sites of adult conflict and disaster, a connection that often works to reaffirm the “rightness” of past systems of social order.

To say that children matter in Steven Spielberg's films is an understatement. Think of the possessed Stevie in Something Evil (TV), Baby Langston in The Sugarland Express, the alien-abducted Barry in Close Encounters,Elliott and his unearthly alter-ego in E.T, the war-damaged Jim in Empire of the Sun, the little girl in the red coat in Schindler’s List, the mecha child in A.I., the kidnapped boy in Minority Report, and the eponymous boy hero of The Adventures of Tintin. (There are many oth...

This unique and timely collection examines childhood and the child character throughout Stephen King’s works, from his early novels and short stories, through film adaptations, to his most recent publications. King’s use of child characters within the framework of horror (or of horrific childhood) raises questions about adult expectations of children, childhood, the American family, child agency, and the nature of fear and terror for (or by) children. The ways in which King presents, compl...

Child and Youth Agency in Science Fiction: Travel, Technology, Time intersects considerations about children’s and youth’s agency with the popular culture genre of science fiction. As scholars in childhood studies and beyond seek to expand understandings of agency in children’s lives, this collection places science fiction at the heart of this endeavor. Retellings of the past, narratives of the present, and new landscapes of the future, each explored in science fiction, allow for creative ...

Joining the emergent interdisciplinary investment in bridging the social sciences and the humanities, Childhood, Agency, and Fantasy: Walking in Other Worlds explores linkages between children’s agency and fantasy. Fantasy as an integral aspect of childhood and as a genre allows for children’s spectacular dreams and hopeful realities. Friendship, family, identity, loyalty, belongingness, citizenry, and emotionality are central concepts explored in chapters that are anchored by hum...

Representing Agency in Popular Culture: Children and Youth on Page, Screen and In-Between addresses the intersection of children’s and youth’s agency and popular culture. As scholars in childhood studies and beyond seek to expand understandings of agency, power, and voice in children’s lives, this book places popular culture and representation as central to this endeavor. Core themes of family, gender, temporality, politics, education, technology, disability, conflict, identity, ethnicity,...

With a qualitative case study of two university campuses in the United States, Ingrid E. Castro examines experiences of students in forming and sustaining close interracial friendships.The data in this book are comprised of interviews with students conducted at two predominantly white institutions in the early 2000s, illuminating how women of various races struggled to find commonality across difference, particularly in relation to racism, white pr...

Como a indústria do tabaco vem utilizando a tecnologia (de seus produtos e da comunicação)para promover seu negócio? Como o Direito pode contribuir para a promoção do direito à saúde em um cenário tão complexo como o atual, em quecigarros eletrônicos, influenciadores digitais e novas doenças, como a EVALI (e-cigarette and vaping associated lung injury), emergem rapidamente? É possível comparar respostas dadas por países com realidades culturais e sociais distintas da brasileira com aquelas...

"This evocative memoir is a joyous, rhythmic history" of the 11-sister dance band that broke musical and cultural barriers in 1930s Cuba and beyond ( Publishers Weekly).In the 1930s, Havana was the place to be for tourists, ex-pats, celebrities, and excitement-seekers. Nights were filled with drinking, dancing, romance, and the roar of infectious music spilling from cafés into the streets. It was a time and place immortalized by Hemingway, and a macho mecc...

Daniela hätte nie gedacht, dass sie und ihr kleiner Sohn einmal in einer WG mit zwei schwulen Männern leben würden. Trotzdem fühlt es sich richtig an und Felix genießt es, plötzlich zwei Papas zu haben.Der Tischlermeisterin kommt es sehr gelegen, dass im Betrieb von Siegmar Flink eine Stelle frei ist. Obwohl dieser sein Team lieber mit einem Mann verstärken würde, bleibt ihm keine andere Wahl.Warum er sich so gegen eine Frau in seiner Werkstatt sperrt, ist Daniela ein Rätsel....

O nu como forma de arte "As representações do nu acompanham toda a história da arte figurativa, na escultura e na pintura. Praticado já pelos egípcios, o nu alcança posição proeminente no interior da arte grega, desde as primeiras esculturas de pedra, em que os gregos reproduzem figuras de pé, marcando divisões do corpo e o desenho dos músculos, de acordo com os ensinam..." Fonte: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural https://enciclopedia.itaucultural.org.br/termo326/nu

Der Valentinstag beginnt für Mareike durchaus positiv mit einem goldenen Sonnenaufgang und einer Schachtel ihrer Lieblingspralinen, die ein geheimnisvoller Unbekannter auf ihrem Schreibtisch versteckt hat.Doch dann erschüttert eine Tragödie die Dorfgemeinschaft und Mareike ist schnell klar: Sie will helfen! Schließlich weiß sie nur zu gut, wie es ist, mit kleinen Kindern allein zurückzubleiben. Kurzentschlossen ruft sie eine Aktion ins Leben, die rasch ungeahnte Ausmaße annimmt.