The Child in Post-Apocalyptic Cinema

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<span><span>The child in many post-apocalyptic films occupies a unique space within the narrative, a space that oscillates between death and destruction, faith and hope.</span><span>The Child in Post-Apocalyptic Cinema</span><span> interrogates notions of the child as a symbol of futurity and also loss. By exploring the ways children function discursively within a dystopian framework we may better understand how and why traditional notions of childhood are repeatedly tethered to sites of adult conflict and disaster, a connection that often functions to reaffirm the rightness of past systems of social order. This collection features critical articles that explore the role of the child character in post-apocalyptic cinema, including classic, recent, and international films, approached from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and cultural perspectives.</span></span>

Autorenportrait

<span><span>Debbie Olson</span><span> is lecturer at the University of Texas at Arlington.</span></span>

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