Making American Boys: Boyology and the Feral Tale - Couverture souple

Kidd, Kenneth B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0816642966 ISBN 13 : 9780816642960

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2005

Synopsis

Will boys be boys? What are little boys made of? Kenneth B. Kidd responds to these familiar questions with a thorough review of boy culture in America since the late nineteenth century. From the "boy work" promoted by character-building organizations such as Scouting and 4-H to current therapeutic and pop psychological obsessions with children's self-esteem, Kidd presents the great variety of cultural influences on the changing notion of boyhood. Analyzing icons of boyhood and maleness from Huck Finn and The Jungle Book's Mowgli to Father Flanagan's Boys Town and even Michael Jackson, Kidd surveys films, psychoanalytic case studies, parenting manuals, historical accounts of the discoveries of "wolf-boys," and self-help books to provide a rigorous history of what it has meant to be an all-American boy.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Kenneth B. Kidd is associate professor of English at the University of Florida and associate director of the Center for Children's Literature and Culture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0816642966
• ISBN 13: 9780816642960
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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• Personne responsable: non disponible