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Images of Childhood
A Visual History From Stone to Screen
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Ideal for readers interested in arts and culture, particularly those fascinated by art history, childhood studies, cultural analysis, and social justice concerning children's rights.
By surveying historical constructions of childhood, this book explores how representations of the child in visual culture reinforce or challenge the dominant ideology about their innocence.
By surveying historical constructions of childhood, this book explores how representations of the child in visual culture reinforce or challenge the dominant ideology about their innocence.
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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.
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Praised for its comprehensive and compelling exploration, this text is noted for interrogating diverse and sometimes contradictory childhood discourses. Esteemed academics highlight its ability to expand and challenge conceptions of childhood across history, culture, and psychology, addressing serious themes such as gender, abuse, victimisation, and commoditisation through historical imagery.
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ISBN: 9781350299948
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 10 August 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Illustration: 150 colour illus
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 188.0mm
Height: 246.0mm
Weight: 780g
Pages: 280
About the Author
Paul Duncum is Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, USA, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is the author of Picture Pedagogy (Bloomsbury, 2020) and Popular Pleasures (Bloomsbury, 2021).
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