Coming-of-age cinema in New Zealand : genre, gender and adaptation / Alistair Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Alistair, author.

Series:

Traditions in world cinema.

Traditions in world cinema

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coming-of-age films--New Zealand--History and criticism.

Coming-of-age films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 247 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2017.

Summary:

This is the first book to investigate the coming-of-age genre as a significant phenomenon in New Zealand's national cinema, tracing its development and elucidating its role in cultural change.

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.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Jul 2018).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781474429474

1474429475

9781474429467

1474429467

9781474438438

1474438431

OCLC:

1064017222