This collection explores and interrogates the complex role of the child character in the dystopian landscape of post-apocalyptic cinema, including classic, rece

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. Th

This collection examines the child’s role in contemporary post-apocalyptic films and television.. By exploring the function of child characters within a dysto

This collection seeks to broaden the discussion of the child image by close analysis of the child and childhood as depicted in non-Western cinemas. Each essay o

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 Sugarla