Inventing the Child: Culture, Ideology and the Story of the Child

by Joseph L. Zornado

Book Overview

This book 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. Inventing the Child is a highly entertaining, humorous, and at times acerbic account of what it means to be a child (and a parent) in America at the dawn of the new millennium. John Zornado explores the history and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815335245
• ISBN13: 9780815335245
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Garland Science
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"