Abate The Big Smallness

Niche Marketing, the American Culture Wars, and the New Children’s Literature
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-317-36241-8
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 230 Seiten

Reihe: Children's Literature and Culture

Michelle Ann Abate is Associate Professor of Literature for Children and Young Adults at The Ohio State University, USA.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abate, Michelle Ann

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Märchen, Mythen, Sagen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. It’s A Small World After All: Specialty Subjects, Micro Markets, and Customized Culture 1. The Straight Dope: It’s Just a Plant, Marijuana Use, and the Question of Prohibition Politics 2. Nip/Tuck Truth: My Beautiful Mommy, the Medicalization of Motherhood, and the Harmful Condition of Childhood Innocence 3. Good Things Come in Small Packages: Little Zizi, Schoolyard Bullying, and the Sexualization of Boys 4. Will Power: Maggie Goes on a Diet, the Fully Autonomous Child, and the Hazards of Unsupervised Adults 5. Boys Gone Wild: Me Tarzan, You Jane, the Crusade to "Cure" Prehomosexual Children, and the New Face of the Ex-Gay Movement in the United States Epilogue. Change and Continuity: Niche-Market Picture Books and the Negotiation of Artistic Freedom, Iconoclastic Ideology, and Consumer Capitalism

Über Autor(innen)

Michelle Ann Abate is Associate Professor of Literature for Children and Young Adults at The Ohio State University, USA.