The Big Smallness: Niche Marketing, the American Culture Wars, and the New Children�s Literature

ISBN-13: 9781138950016 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 220 str.

Prof. Michelle Ann Abate

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

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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