Inventing the Child: Culture, Ideology, and the Story of Childhood - Brossura

Zornado, Joseph L.

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ISBN 10: 0415979668 ISBN 13: 9780415979665

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2006

Riassunto

Now in paperback, Inventing the Child is a highly entertaining, humorous, and at times acerbic account of what it means to be a child (and a parent) in America at the dawn of the new millennium. J. Zornado explores the history and development of the concept of childhood, starting with the works of Calvin, Freud, and Rousseau and culminating with the modern 'consumer' childhood of Dr. Spock and television. The volume discusses major media depictions of childhood and examines the ways in which parents use different forms of media to swaddle, educate, and entertain their children. Zornado argues that the stories we tell our children contain the ideologies of the dominant culture - which, more often than not, promote 'happiness' at all costs, materialism as the way to happiness, and above all, obedience to the dominant order.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

John Zornado is Associate Professor of English at Rhode Island College .

Product Description:

Book by J Zornado

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0415979668
• ISBN 13: 9780415979665
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 256