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Explores societal impact through children's perspectives.

If you're intrigued by how society shapes and is shaped by its youngest members, "The Children's Culture Reader" is a thought-provoking anthology that commands attention. It delves into the complexity of childhood and how children actively participate in cultural formation. This book is perfect for you if you appreciate interdisciplinary insights and are keen to understand the deeper connections between children's experiences and broader social trends.

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The Children's Culture Reader

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ISBN: 9780814742327
Authors: Henry Jenkins
Publisher: NYU Press
Date of Publication: 1998-10-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, History
Goodreads rating: 3.93
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Examines children as creative and critical thinkers who shape society even as it shapes them. Every major political and social dispute of the twentieth century has been fought on the backs of our children, from the economic reforms of the progressive era through the social readjustments of the civil rights era and on to the current explosion of anxieties about everything from the national debt to the digital revolution. Far from noncombatants whom we seek to protect from the contamination posed by adult knowledge, children form the very basis on which we fight over the nature and values of our society, and over our hopes and fears for the future. Unfortunately, our understanding of childhood and children has not kept pace with their crucial and rapidly changing roles in our culture. Pulling together a range of different thinkers who have rethought the myths of childhood innocence, The Children's Culture Reader develops a profile of children as creative and critical thinkers who shape society even as it shapes them. Representing a range of thinking from history, psychology, anthropology, sociology, economics, women's studies, literature, and media studies, The Children's Culture Reader focuses on issues of parent-child relations, child labor, education, play, and especially the relationship of children to mass media and consumer culture. The contributors include Martha Wolfenstein, Philippe Aries, Jacqueline Rose, James Kincaid, Lynn Spigel, Valerie Walkerdine, Ellen Seiter, Annette Kuhn, Eve Sedgwick, Henry Giroux,
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Explores societal impact through children's perspectives.

If you're intrigued by how society shapes and is shaped by its youngest members, "The Children's Culture Reader" is a thought-provoking anthology that commands attention. It delves into the complexity of childhood and how children actively participate in cultural formation. This book is perfect for you if you appreciate interdisciplinary insights and are keen to understand the deeper connections between children's experiences and broader social trends.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.