Imagining childhood / Erika Langmuir.
Language: English Publication details: New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, 2006. Description: 263 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN: 0300101317; 9780300101317Subject(s): Children in artLOC classification: N7640 .L36 2006| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Books | Vitali Hakko Kreatif Endüstriler Kütüphanesi | N7640 .L36 2006 | Not for loan | 008041 |
Introduction : mainly about parents -- The vulnerable child -- Protection -- Innocent victims -- Mourning and consolation -- Stages of childhood -- 'The vilest state of human nature' : swaddled infancy -- First steps and the baby walker -- 'Better to keep still' : playful childhood and adult laughter -- 'Jean qui pleure et Jean qui rit', and 'as the old have sung so pipe the young' -- Miniature adults -- Children's dynastic portraits -- Conclusion : bubbles.
Demonstrates that no historic period has a monopoly on the 'discovery of childhood'. This book illustrates not only Western society's perennially ambivalent attitudes to children, but also the many and varied functions that works of art have played throughout its history.