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Inventing the Child: Culture, Ideology and the Story of the Child (Children's Literature & Culture)
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Product Description
Traces the historical roots of Western culture's stories of childhood in which the child is subjugated to the adult. Going back 400 years, it looks again at Hamlet, fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, and Walt Disney cartoons.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #3085781 in Books
- Published on: 2001-01-18
- Format: Illustrated
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 336 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
""Inventing the Child will be an insightful read for anyone interested in children's literature and children's psychological development."
-Choice
"This book is passionate, accessible, often clever, and always irreverent discussion of the ways that child-rearing pedagogy has shaped not only children's books in the western tradition but 'the story of childhood' itself."
-Children's Literature Association Quarterly
