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New Directions in Childhood Studies

Innocence, Trauma, and Agency in the Twenty-first Century
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 2024

Summary

New Directions in Childhood Studies: Innocence, Trauma, and Agency in the Twenty-first Century acknowledges that the conceptual frameworks for understanding the experience of childhood in the twentieth century are no longer adequate and offers important updates to the construct of American childhood. The chapters in this collection examine contemporary children’s literature, film, and video games to explore the ways in which everyday realities like trauma, disaster, and death impact the experience of childhood in America today. In many ways, the essays show, the narratives blur traditional lines between children’s and adult content, taking children series as subjects while also guiding them through the processes of dealing with the particular challenges. Collectively, the essays develop a more contemporary construct of the American child and offer new insights into what that construction might mean for contemporary American society and culture.

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Edition
1/2024
Copyright Year
2024
ISBN-Print
978-1-66694-028-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-4029-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
242
Product Type
Edited Book

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
  1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
    1. Chapter 1 Rainbows in the Window No access
    2. Chapter 2 Picturing Political Agency in Childhood No access
    3. Chapter 3 [Re]Interpreting the Deaf Child’s Solitude No access
    1. Chapter 4 Because What You Don’t Know Can Kill You No access
    2. Chapter 5 “These Are the Rooms We’re Not Supposed to Go In . . . But Let’s Go Anyway!” No access
    1. Chapter 6 Roblox and the Value in Suspending Playbor Time No access
    2. Chapter 7 Happy Endings, Only $1.99 No access
    1. Chapter 8 Standing Out, Not Sticking Out No access
    2. Chapter 9 The Trauma of Childhood and Emerging into Adulthood in A Court of Thorns and Roses No access
  2. Index No access Pages 235 - 238
  3. About the Contributors No access Pages 239 - 242

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