Fantasies of Neglect
Title | Fantasies of Neglect PDF eBook |
Author | Pamela Robertson Wojcik |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2016-09-19 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0813573629 |
In our current era of helicopter parenting and stranger danger, an unaccompanied child wandering through the city might commonly be viewed as a victim of abuse and neglect. However, from the early twentieth century to the present day, countless books and films have portrayed the solitary exploration of urban spaces as a source of empowerment and delight for children. Fantasies of Neglect explains how this trope of the self-sufficient, mobile urban child originated and considers why it persists, even as it goes against the grain of social reality. Drawing from a wide range of films, children’s books, adult novels, and sociological texts, Pamela Robertson Wojcik investigates how cities have simultaneously been demonized as dangerous spaces unfit for children and romanticized as wondrous playgrounds that foster a kid’s independence and imagination. Charting the development of free-range urban child characters from Little Orphan Annie to Harriet the Spy to Hugo Cabret, and from Shirley Temple to the Dead End Kids, she considers the ongoing dialogue between these fictional representations and shifting discourses on the freedom and neglect of children. While tracking the general concerns Americans have expressed regarding the abstract figure of the child, the book also examines the varied attitudes toward specific types of urban children—girls and boys, blacks and whites, rich kids and poor ones, loners and neighborhood gangs. Through this diverse selection of sources, Fantasies of Neglect presents a nuanced chronicle of how notions of American urbanism and American childhood have grown up together.
Fantasies of Neglect
Title | Fantasies of Neglect PDF eBook |
Author | Pamela Robertson Wojcik |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Pages | 237 |
Release | 2016-09-19 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0813564492 |
In our current era of helicopter parenting and stranger danger, an unaccompanied child wandering through the city might commonly be viewed as a victim of abuse and neglect. However, from the early twentieth century to the present day, countless books and films have portrayed the solitary exploration of urban spaces as a source of empowerment and delight for children. Fantasies of Neglect explains how this trope of the self-sufficient, mobile urban child originated and considers why it persists, even as it goes against the grain of social reality. Drawing from a wide range of films, children’s books, adult novels, and sociological texts, Pamela Robertson Wojcik investigates how cities have simultaneously been demonized as dangerous spaces unfit for children and romanticized as wondrous playgrounds that foster a kid’s independence and imagination. Charting the development of free-range urban child characters from Little Orphan Annie to Harriet the Spy to Hugo Cabret, and from Shirley Temple to the Dead End Kids, she considers the ongoing dialogue between these fictional representations and shifting discourses on the freedom and neglect of children. While tracking the general concerns Americans have expressed regarding the abstract figure of the child, the book also examines the varied attitudes toward specific types of urban children—girls and boys, blacks and whites, rich kids and poor ones, loners and neighborhood gangs. Through this diverse selection of sources, Fantasies of Neglect presents a nuanced chronicle of how notions of American urbanism and American childhood have grown up together.
Soul Murder Revisited
Title | Soul Murder Revisited PDF eBook |
Author | Leonard Shengold |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2000-09-10 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 9780300086997 |
Annotation A decade after the publication of his highly acclaimed book Soul Murder, Dr. Leonard Shengold reflects anew on the circumstances and the consequences of willful abuse and neglect of children. With compelling examples from literature and from clinical cases, Dr. Shengold describes techniques of adaptation and denial by victims, the psychopathology of soul murder, and therapy techniques for restoring the capacity to love.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Title | We Have Always Lived in the Castle PDF eBook |
Author | Shirley Jackson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Castles |
ISBN |
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.
The Land of Neglect
Title | The Land of Neglect PDF eBook |
Author | Timberline Davis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 249 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Fantasy fiction |
ISBN | 9780983549529 |
"To enter the Land of Neglect, first you must discover the secret hidden in the vault for untold centuries..."--Page 4 of cover.
Sex Offenders and the Internet
Title | Sex Offenders and the Internet PDF eBook |
Author | Dennis Howitt |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2007-08-20 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0470060042 |
Online, the opportunity to commit a crime is never more than a few clicks away. Sex Offenders and the Internet explores the nature of online sex offenders in order to help practitioners understand and treat this new category of client. Kerry Sheldon and Dennis Howitt examine the research base by reviewing case studies and psychological profiles, with a particular focus on paedophilic Internet sex offenders. Issues covered include child pornography, the often overlooked ‘excuses’ for paedophilia, and how we can move forward. The result is a book that comprehensively details the nature of Internet sex offenders, bringing together the relevant research into one essential volume.
Running on Empty
Title | Running on Empty PDF eBook |
Author | Jonice Webb |
Publisher | Morgan James Publishing |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2012-10-01 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 161448242X |
A large segment of the population struggles with feelings of being detached from themselves and their loved ones. They feel flawed, and blame themselves. Running on Empty will help them realize that they're suffering not because of something that happened to them in childhood, but because of something that didn't happen. It's the white space in their family picture, the background rather than the foreground. This will be the first self-help book to bring this invisible force to light, educate people about it, and teach them how to overcome it.