{"product_id":"childhood-and-innocence-in-american-culture-heartaches-and-nightmares-hardcover","title":"Childhood and Innocence in American Culture: Heartaches and Nightmares - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColleen Etman\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eRodney Marcel Fierce\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eOliver J. Hancock\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection argues that the romanticized conflation of \"childhood\" and \"innocence\" in American culture has been on a steady decline at least since the 1960s--largely due to postmodern critiques of overarching narratives involving both \"the child\" and the \"innocence\" of childhood. Additionally, this collection highlights and analyzes examples of children's literature and culture throughout the 20th century (and into the 21st) which pointedly defy traditional, idealized notions of \"childhood\". Such an analysis serves to reiterate the idea that the romanticized notion of \"childhood\" which has pervaded American culture for over two centuries is little more than a cultural construction that bears little to no resemblance to the actual, lived experience of American children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames M. Curtis is instructor of English at Louisiana State University Shreveport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53533589766451,"sku":"9781666940251","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/childhood-and-innocence-in-american-culture-heartaches-and-nightmares-hardcover","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}