Michelle Ann Abate

The Big Smallness

Niche Marketing, the American Culture Wars, and the New Children�s Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the growing cadre of contemporary amateur-authored, independently-published, niche-market picture books. These texts embody a shift in how narratives for young people are being creatively conceived, materially constructed, and socially consumed in the US. Abate shows how these titles enter into ongoing partisan conflicts, while they are simultaneously changing the landscape of American children's literature. Niche market picture books reflect public perceptions concerning children and the social construction of childhood, and offer insight into the complex interaction among American print culture, children's reading practices, and consumer capitalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 160mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781138950016
• ISBN-10: 1138950017
• Artikelnr.: 43025851

Autorenporträt

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

Inhaltsangabe

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