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Picturing Childhood: The Myth of the Child in Popular Imagery

By Patricia Holland

Book information

Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Year
2004
ISBN
1860647758, 9781860647758, 9781417576043
Open Library ID
OL22575356M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4325546 bytes)
Pages
233\233
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Whether highly controversial or taken for granted, pictures of children are everywhere, from magazines, newspapers, and advertisements, to greetings cards and the Internet. Using images from a wide variety of sources, Picturing Childhood looks at the endless array of pictures of children designed to entertain, shock, amuse or persuade us to buy. It considers popular imagery in relation to news, entertainment, education, welfare, charity and consumerism, and asks: what implications does this have for the ways in which children themselves are treated? The book is a stimulating and original read for all those concerned with the uses and abuses of childhood and children today.

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