Defining Print Culture for Youth The Cultural Work of Children's Literature

Sponsored by the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America, this volume features a selection of ten papers compiled from the Center's second national conference, accompanied by a detailed introduction. Presented by scholars from diverse backgrounds, the essays center on the emerging, interdisciplinary field of print culture. They examine children's literature and related print materials from a cultural perspective and discuss the influence of ideological, political, and material factors on the reader. Moreover, the authors join a cultural debate over the nature of childhood in specific historical periods.Weigand, Wayne is the author of 'Defining Print Culture for Youth The Cultural Work of Children's Literature' with ISBN 9780313321771 and ISBN 0313321779.