Childhood and Innocence in American Culture

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Childhood and Innocence in American Culture
Childhood and Innocence in American Culture
Author : James M. Curtis
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Language : English
Release Date : 27 April 2024
ISBN : 9781666940268
Pages : 183 pages
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Childhood and Innocence in American Culture by James M. Curtis Book PDF Summary

This collection approaches the deconstruction of American "childhood" from a wide variety of critical, interdisciplinary lenses and gestures toward the construction of a more realistic, twenty-first century definition of "childhood"--one which is defined by the real-life struggles of childhood and not by romanticized notions of "innocence."

Childhood and Innocence in American Culture

Childhood and Innocence in American Culture by James M. Curtis

This collection approaches the deconstruction of American "childhood" from a wide variety of critical, interdisciplinary lenses and gestures toward the construction of a more realistic, twenty-first century definition of "childhood"--one which is defined by the real-life struggles of childhood and not by romanticized notions of "innocence."

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