This book studies the dialectic relationship between the image of
the child and the toy in literary depictions of childhood in 19th-
and 20th- century Anglo-American fiction. Drawing from the
psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, D.W.
Winnicott, and Sudhir Kakar, it analyses themes such as the
heterogeneity of childhood and the construction of the ideals of
childhood. It explores the linkages between the ideals of childhood
in Britain and its travel to America and further dissemination in
British India. It discusses the established tropes of childhood
such as innocence, a formative period, the centrality of play, and
the presence of a toy to argue that the mores of childhood are
culturally constructed and lead to the reification of a child into
an image of perfection. The author problematises the notion of
essential innocence and discusses the repercussions of such
stereotypes about childhood. The work also highlights parallels
between the ideals of childhood established in 19th-century Britain
and the portrayals of postcolonial Indian childhoods in
20th-century Indian English literature. Toying with Childhood will
be useful for students and researchers of education, childhood
studies, psychology, sociology, literature, gender studies, and
development studies. It will also appeal to general readers
interested in cultural perceptions of childhood, literary
depictions of children, and the works of Sigmund Freud.
General
| Imprint: |
Routledge India
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
September 2023 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
Usha Mudiganti
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
156 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-367-55389-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
0-367-55389-9 |
| Barcode: |
9780367553890 |
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