Paul Duncum

Images of Childhood (eBook, ePUB)

A Visual History From Stone to Screen

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on a rich legacy of pictorial evidence, Images of Childhood examines historical constructions of childhood and how they reinforce or challenge the prevailing view of childhood as a state of innocence.

Each chapter explores how visual elements such as framing, points-of view, and lighting, as well as clothes, accessories, and body language, help to construct our many different conceptions of children: from members of the family unit and assumed gender roles; to schooling and aesthetic objects; through to their economic value and use in political propaganda.

Skillfully navigating a multitude of perspectives on this topic, Paul Duncum considers both how our ideas, beliefs and values have changed throughout history and how some have remained unchanged. He also explores the cultural notion of "the child within" and how this has contributed to the way adults perceive children. The result is a text far broader in scope than any other in its field, as art history is interweaved with contemporary popular culture to explore how we visually represent childhood. In doing so, the book highlights the real-life implications that these representations have on children's rights.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350299955
• Artikelnr.: 67582118

Autorenporträt

Paul Duncum is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, USA, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Children as Worthy Subject 2.
Children as Family Member 3. Children as Gendered 4. Children as Adult 5.
Children as Schooled 6. Children as Aesthetic 7. Children as Victim 8.
Children as Threat 9. Economic Entity 10. Political Propaganda 11. Children
as Innocent Bibliography Index