The Child in Film : Tears, Fears and Fairy Tales (Paperback)

1. Intoduction 2. Hide and Seek: children and ghosts in contemporary Japanese film and Art 3. Dirty Little White Girls: child sexuality and race from films and performers such as Lillian Gish in 'Broken Blossoms', via Shirley Temple to 'Lolita', 'Taxi Driver' and 'Man on Fire' 4. War's children (working title): the child figure in films about war 5. Child Actors (working title): including child performance, child stars, questions of intention Conclusion Bibliography Index