RTF 365D Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Neil Postman, Factory Acts, Baby Talk
8 Nov 2018
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Phillipe aries looked at visual culture (paintings) to learn about childhood historically. He couldn"t find anything in history about kids until the 13th century, where kids were considered holy and innocent and portrayed (in art) to be tiny. Figured that when a kid reached the age of 7 back then, they were considered adults. 17th century there was a new sensibility toward children, that they were charming and toys for adults. Orme opposed this idea, studied baby talk in songs and rhymes for kids. Argued that in the late 15th century the printing press, together with the spread of literacy that it spurred, created the invention of modern childhood. Formed modern schools grades (within schools) formal social stages of child development until (cid:862)full literacy(cid:863) Wrote a famous book called emile about childhood education. 19th-20th centuries, was a period of scientific study/observation of children. Were finding out that child abuse is rampant, mainly by child labor and prostitution.
