Researching Children's Popular Culture

by Claudia Mitchell, Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, J Reid-Walsh

The place of childhood in popular culture is one that invites new readings both on childhood itself, but also on approaches to studying childhood. Discussing different methods of researching children's popular culture, they argue that the interplay of the age of the players, the status of their popular culture, the transience of the objects, and indeed the ephemerality - and long lastingness - of childhood, all contribute to what could be regarded as a particularized space for childhood studies - and one that challenges many of the conventions of "doing research" involving children.

Genres: Nonfiction

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 8, 2002

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Covers interesting critical readings of Disney

Especially toy story 2

Read it in children’s studies in first year, referring to it again for pixar

[Jeffrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing book by Canadian childhood reseachers Claudia Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh!