Media, Information and Technoculture 3207F/G Lecture 3: Lecture 3

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 3207F/G
• Professor: Selma Purac

Document Summary

Overtime, the child is known as a distinct demographic: rousseau: childhood as sanctuary, victorians argued that the child is known as a sacred figure. For blake: sanctified child they are seen as being close to god: childhood as a protected time s(cid:455)(cid:373)(cid:271)olized as a (cid:858)la(cid:373)(cid:271)(cid:859, liminal status: children are in the process of becoming something more. They are more vulnerable to external influences. Kids are seen as being easily corrupted. (cid:272)holars ha(cid:448)e (cid:272)alled these ideas as the (cid:862)(cid:272)ult of (cid:272)hildhood(cid:863: childhood is a time when kids should be happy, play, and be far from the world of anxiety. After the 17th century, we change the tales that were once written to suit a child of harsh reality they now have to be retold for the modern child: ex: the versions we have from disney. Sleeping beauty: the pre 17th century version sleeping beauty actually dies from the prick & the father announces that they will now abandon the palace.