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Consuming Innocence: Popular culture and our children
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See moreExplores the complex relationship that kids - from toddlers to teens - have with popular culture. This book examines the role popular culture and, most importantly, parents play in creating children's ideas of themselves, and questions the involvement of corporations that specifically target kids.
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Consuming Innocence: Popular Culture and Our Children is an engaging and thought-provoking look at the effects of popular culture on children, parenting, and family life. It is down-to-earth, confronting, and accessible without sacrificing intelligent argument, analysis, and discussion. Underneath the conversational tone and common-sense advice is serious and comprehensive research.
This timely book explores the complex relationship kidsβfrom tots and tweens to teensβhave with popular culture. Without blaming children or parents, Consuming Innocence considers the role of celebrities, fads, technology, fashion, school, the media, and, most importantly, parents, and the part they all play in creating children's ideas of themselves.
Chapters focus on specific elements of global popular culture, from the corporations that target kids and promote sexuality, to toys, TV shows like The Simpsons, film, celebrities, internet sites, children's fashion, and parenting practices. It looks realistically at what has been described as the crisis of stolen childhoods, but with empathy, understanding, and humour.
Consuming Innocence shows how parents, grandparents, teachers, and other concerned adults can educate themselves about popular culture and the messages it gives. By doing this, we can pro-actively inform children and teenagers about popular culture, and support and protect them when necessary.
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ISBN: 9780702236457
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 February 2008
Country: Australia
Imprint: University of Queensland Press
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 432g
Pages: 336
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