HUMA 1970 Lecture Notes - Roller Skates, Child
Document Summary
Children and childhood is timeless vs. huma 1970b counter-argument childhood is dependent on the particular experiences of children; ideas about childhood is historical. Course argument: children are part of history and the social world, past resonates in the present. Social variables: race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, age. Literal story: form- genres/picture books/illustrations/audience, expository meaning, comparative my brother sam is dead, analysis context in the life of huma 1970b/ in khalsa"s life and career. Which text gives you a better sense of the historical: the difference between the text and the film, endings are different. Book she doesn"t get the dog (right away) Film she gets the dog right away: the music in the film. What does may do to break the hold of the innocent child? : she buys the dog for her mother, economic reality of may"s life, relationship between parent and child. Social variables: sending may back to the store to return the dog, economic class.