Poetic child realism
Scottish film and the construction of childhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8090992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aitken (0000-0003-4867-4568, corresponding author), Stuart C Aitken (San Diego State University) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 123 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 68-86 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scottish Geographical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1470-2541 • E-ISSN: 1751-665X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00369220718737284 |
| OpenAlex | W1986035488 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
With this essay I suggest a move towards poetic realism in the representation of children in Scottish movies. After a brief discussion of the landscape context of film geographies I turn to the roots of Scottish film realism in British Free Cinema, with specific reference to filmmakers’ use of landscape and place‐characters. I then argue that Scottish filmmaker Lynne Ramsay moves most fully towards the context of poetic child realism. Ramsay frames and foments a quirky poetic realism with non‐professional child actors placed in carefully crafted landscapes to create important moral and social stories that evolve from a series of shocks and an emotive collision of ideas
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2010 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |