The Obvious Child
University Press of America (Verlag)
978-0-7618-4365-8 (ISBN)
The Obvious Child examines the significance of childhood in important areas of society and culture. The book is divided into two sections: the transformation of the child in society, which examines how childhood has changed in important areas of social life, and the transformation of the child in contemporary culture, which examines important areas of contemporary culture in which images and the status of childhood have become significant. The section on childhood in society examines the major works in the history of childhood, the status of childhood in contemporary social thought, the emerging status of children in the courtroom, and the media's focus on children and childhood issues. The section on childhood and culture examines the images and symbolic uses of childhood in utopian fiction, science fiction films, popular music, and the archetypical descriptions of childhood in recent memoirs. The epilogue describes and assesses recent issues and problems of contemporary childhood such as childhood obesity, child labor, child sexual exploitation, and children as consumers.
Roger Neustadter is a Professor of Sociology at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. He has published widely in the areas of social theory and popular culture.
Part 1 Part I: The Transformation of the Child in Society
Chapter 2 Chapter 1: The Historical Child
Chapter 3 Chapter 2: The Symbol of the Child in Modern Social Thought
Chapter 4 Chapter 3: The Child in the Courtroom: Issues of Children in Court Proceedings
Chapter 5 Chapter 4: The Media's Focus on the Children
Part 6 Part II: The Transformation of the Child in Culture
Chapter 7 Chapter 5: The Child in Utopia
Chapter 8 Chapter 6: The Child in Contemporary Science Fiction Films
Chapter 9 Chapter 7: The Symbolic Use of Childhood in Popular Music
Chapter 10 Chapter 8: The Child in the Contemporary Memoir
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.12.2008 |
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| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 367 g |
| Themenwelt | Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7618-4365-5 / 0761843655 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7618-4365-8 / 9780761843658 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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