Overview

The experience of growing up in the U.S. is shaped by many forces. Relationships with parents and teachers are deeply personal and definitive. Social and economic contexts are broader and harder to quantify. Key individuals in public life have also had a marked impact on American childhood. These 18 new essays examine the influence of pivotal figures in the culture of 20th and 21st century childhood and child-rearing, from Benjamin Spock and Walt Disney to Ruth Handler, Barbie's inventor, and Ernest Thompson Seton, founder of the Boy Scouts of America.

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Author:   Kathy Merlock Jackson ,  Mark I. West
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9781476664552

ISBN 10:   1476664552
Pages:   286
Publication Date:   08 October 2018
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface (Kathy Merlock Jackson and Mark I. West) L. Frank Baum (1856–1919): Brains, Heart and Courage (Dina Schiff Massachi) Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946): Founder of the Boy Scouts of America (Martin Woodside) A.A. Milne (1882–1956): Influencing American Childhood After World War II  (Sarah Minslow) Walt Disney (1901–1966): When You Wish Upon a Star (James Plath) Benjamin Spock (1903–1998): Dr. Spock and THE BOOK (Lucy Rollin) Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904–1991): Dr. Seuss—The Power and Potential (and Joy!) of Children’s Literature (Carl F. Miller) Augusta Braxton Baker (1911–1988): The Art of Storytelling and a Gateway to Children’s Literacy and Literature (Michelle H. Martin) Jonas Salk (1914–1995) and Albert Sabin (1906–1993): Conquering Polio (Kathy Shepherd Stolley) Ruth Handler (1916–2002): Toys, Barbie and Girls’ Choices (Kathy Merlock Jackson) Stan Lee (1922–): Making Misfits Heroes (Gabriel ­Sealey-Morris) Fred Rogers (1928–2003): Everyone’s Neighbor (Richard Bilsker) Jim Henson (1936–1993): The Lovers, the Dreamers and Him (Andrew Grunzke) Bill Cosby (1937–): Recoding Bill Cosby’s Legacy (Gary R. Edgerton) Judy Blume (1938–): Shaping Subjects (Susan Larkin) Steve Jobs (1955–2011): Technology for a Beginner’s Mind (Lisa Lyon Payne) LeVar Burton (1957–): Promoting Children’s Literature and Literacy (Mark I. West) Joanne Kathleen Rowling (1965–): More Magic for the Young at Heart (Sue Matheson) Daniel Handler (1970–): Lemony Snicket’s Noir Narrative and the Shaping of the Millennial Generation’s Advocacy as Opposition to Generations X’s Apathy (Lisa Arter) Bibliography: Sources on Childhood in America in the 20th and 21st Centuries (Camille McCutcheon) About the Contributors Index

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Kathy Merlock Jackson, a professor of media and communication at Virginia Wesleyan University, teaches courses in media studies and children’s culture. She is the author or editor of thirteen books and former editor of The Journal of American Culture. She has served as past president of both the American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Association. Mark I. West is the former chair of the English department at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has written or edited nineteen books on children’s literature and culture and is a former president of the Children’s Literature Association.

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