Representing Agency in Popular Culture :Children and Youth on Page, Screen, and In Between - Children and Youth in Popular Culture
Representing Agency in Popular Culture :Children and Youth on Page, Screen, and In Between - Children and Youth in Popular Culture
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Published:
12 April, 2021
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781498574969 |
| ISBN10 | 1498574963 |
| Number Of Pages | 322 |
| Item Weight | 531 g |
| Product Dimensions | 154 x 218 x 21 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
This book is an important contribution to the debate ‘for’ and ‘against’ agency. * Journal of Contemporary History *
This edited collection significantly expands the conversation on children’s agency by focusing on how such agency is represented in diverse popular culture texts. The analytically rich chapters are each an accessible invitation to explore a different aspect of this key concept. Rather than trying to resolve the concept’s meaning, the volume productively highlights the multiple theories, debates, and implications surrounding the figure of the agentic child, making it a very useful resource for both scholarship and classroom discussions. -- Jessica Taft, University of California at Santa Cruz, author of Rebel Girls: Youth Activism and Social Change Across the Americas
A timely and highly innovative addition to theory and research on children's agency. The scholarship and insights of Representing Agency in Popular Culture shine through across a range of diverse areas of children's media and wider popular culture. A major contribution to sociological studies of children and youth. -- William A. Corsaro, Robert H. Shaffer Professor of Sociology, Indiana University, author of The Sociology of Childhood and We're Friends, Right?: Inside Kids' Culture
Author's Bio
Ingrid E. Castro is professor of sociology and director of women, gender, and sexuality studies at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.
Jessica Clark is senior lecturer in sociology and childhood studies at the University of Suffolk.