Raising Your Kids Right : Children's Literature and American Political Conservatism.
Title:
Raising Your Kids Right : Children's Literature and American Political Conservatism.
Author:
Abate, Michelle Ann.
ISBN:
9780813549958
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (261 pages)
Series:
Series in Childhood Studies
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction - "In Adam's Fall, We Sinned All" The Conservative Tradition in U.S. Children's Literature, Culture, and Politics -- 1 - "Give Me Some of That Old-Time Reading" William Bennett's The Book of Virtues and the Rise of Right-Leaning Literature for Young Readers -- 2 - "I Speak for the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association" Truax, the Anti-Green Movement, and the Corporate Production of Children's Literature -- 3 - Not Just Christianity, But the Christian Right The Battle over Public Education and the American Sunday School Movement in the Left Behind Series for Kids -- 4 - Patriot Acts Fighting the War on Terror via the Canon Wars in Lynne Cheney's Picture Books -- 5 - Pundit Knows Best The Self-Help Boom, Brand Marketing,and The O'Reilly Factor for Kids -- 6 - "One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State" Bringing Partisan Politics to Picture Books in Katharine DeBrecht's Help! Mom! Series -- Conclusion - "The Gosh-Darnit, Doggone It, You-Betcha Wink Heard 'Round the World" The 2008 Presidential Election, the State of the Conservative Movement, and the Future of Rightist Books for Young Readers -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- About the Author.
Abstract:
Highlighting the works of William Bennett, Lynne Cheney, Bill O'Reilly, and others on the American political right, Michelle Ann Abate brings together such diverse fields as cultural studies, literary criticism, political science, childhood studies, brand marketing, and the cult of celebrity. Raising Your Kids Right dispels lingering societal attitudes that narratives for young readers are unworthy of serious political study by examining a variety of texts that offer information, ideology, and even instructions on how to raise kids right, not just figuratively but politically.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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