Forever Young: Childhoods, Fairy Tales and Philosophy

Autor/inn/en	Tesar, Marek; Kupferman, David W.; Rodriguez, Sophia; Arndt, Sonja
Titel	Forever Young: Childhoods, Fairy Tales and Philosophy
Quelle	In: Global Studies of Childhood, 6 (2016) 2, S.222-233 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2043-6106
DOI	10.1177/2043610616647642
Schlagwörter	Fairy Tales; Children; Picture Books; Films; Childrens Literature; Early Childhood Education; Teaching Methods; Story Telling; Foreign Countries; Imagination; Child Development; Social Influences; Freedom; Postmodernism; Neoliberalism; New Zealand + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fairy tale; Fairytale; Fairytales; Fairy-tale; Fairy-tales; Märchen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Picture book; Bilderbuch; Film; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Kindesentwicklung; Sozialer Einfluss; Freiheit; Postmoderne; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Neuseeland
Abstract	Fairy tales play a substantial role in the shaping of childhoods. Developed into stories and played out in picture books, films and tales, they are powerful instruments that influence conceptions and treatments of the child and childhoods. This article argues that traditional fairy tales and contemporary stories derived from them use complex means to mould the ways that children live and experience their childhoods. This argument is illustrated through representations of childhoods and children in a selection of stories and an analysis of the ways they act on and produce the child subjects and childhoods they convey. The selected stories are examined through different philosophical lenses, utilizing Foucault, Lyotard and Rousseau. By problematizing these selected stories, the article analyses what lies beneath the surface of the obvious meanings of the text and enticing pictures in stories, as published or performed. Finally, this article argues for a careful recognition of the complexities of stories used in early childhood settings and their powerful and multifaceted influences on children and childhoods. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01