This book explores the visual and literary culture of transforming perceptions of children and childhood in France during the long nineteenth century. Charting the developmental period between two moments central to cultural and social understandings of children and childhood, the book's case studies examine the conceptual and cultural development of children and childhood between the acknowledgement of the child in an Enlightenment context and the avant-garde championing of childhood in the early twentieth century. Recognising this as a crossroads of tradition and modernity, the text demonstrates how artists and writers reflected upon childhood and children as symbolic of both 'Self' and 'Other', as well as considering the implications for art, society and individual life.
By:
Sophie Handler
Imprint: University of Wales Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 18mm
ISBN: 9781837721320
ISBN 10: 1837721327
Series: Studies in Visual Culture
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 01 August 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product
Introduction Elucidating Approaches to the Study Chapter One From the Twentieth Century to the Nineteenth Century: A Retrospective of Childhood Chapter Two Romantic Enlightenment: The Carte Blanche of Childhood, c. 1750 – 1850 Chapter Three Negotiating the Dark Underbelly: Children of the Poor, c. 1830 – 1880 Chapter Four Searching for Solace: Children of the Bourgeoisie, c. 1850 – 1920 Chapter Five Toy Town Theatre: Material Acculturation and the Child, c. 1870 – 1900 Chapter Six Breaking the Mould: Burgeoning Cultural Emancipation of the Child, c. 1880 – 1920 Conclusion Finding the Child Within Us All Endnotes Bibliography Index of Images
Sophie Handler is a cultural historian specializing in the relationship between visual and literary cultures and the socio-cultural experiences and identities of children. She is a teacher of humanities and social sciences.
