The Drinking Curriculum: A Cultural History of Childhood and Alcohol

by Elizabeth A. Marshall

Book Overview

A lively exploration into America's preoccupation with childhood innocence and its corruption

In The Drinking Curriculum, Elizabeth Marshall brings the taboo topic of alcohol and childhood into the limelight. Marshall coins the term "the drinking curriculum" to describe how a paradoxical set of cultural lessons about childhood are fueled by adult anxieties and preoccupations. By analyzing popular and widely accessible texts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1531505244
• ISBN13: 9781531505240
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"