Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods

By April Mandrona, Barbara Turk Niskac, Beth Shively, Claudia Mitchell, Diana Carolina Garcia Gomez, Eric Gottesman, Eva Soderberg, Helle Stranfaard Jensen, Holley Wlodarczyk, Irina Kosterina, Jennifer Vanderburgh, Jonathan Kremser, Karren Eppley, Katar | Publisher: Rutgers University Press

About the book

Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods brings together visual studies and childhood studies to explore images of childhood in the study of rurality and rural life. The volume highlights how the voices of children themselves remain central to investigations of rural childhoods. Contributions look at representations and experiences of rural childhoods from both the Global North and Global South (including U.S., Canada, Haiti, India, Sweden, Slovenia, South Africa, Russia, Timor-Leste, and Colombia) and consider visuals ranging from picture books to cell phone video to television. 

Editions of Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods

Hardcover
ISBN 9780813588162
EBook
ISBN 9780813588179
PDF
ISBN 9780813588186

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Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods brings together visual studies and childhood studies to explore images of childhood in the study of rurality and rural life. The volume highlights how the voices of children themselves remain central to investigations of rural childhoods. Contributions look at representations and experiences of rural childhoods from both the Global North and Global South (including U.S., Canada, Haiti, India, Sweden, Slovenia, South Africa, Russia, Timor-Leste, and Colombia) and consider visuals ranging from picture books to cell phone video to television. 

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What is Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods about?

Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods brings together visual studies and childhood studies to explore images of childhood in the study of rurality and rural life. The volume highlights how the voices of children themselves remain central to investigations of rural childhoods. Contributions look at representations and experiences of rural childhoods from both the Global North and Global South (including U.S., Canada, Haiti, India, Sweden, Slovenia, South Africa, Russia, Timor-Leste, and Colombia) and consider visuals ranging from picture books to cell phone video to television. 

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods?

Society and Social Sciences > Society and culture: general > Social groups, communities and identities > Age groups and generations > Age groups: children

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods?

April Mandrona, Barbara Turk Niskac, Beth Shively, Claudia Mitchell, Diana Carolina Garcia Gomez, Eric Gottesman, Eva Soderberg, Helle Stranfaard Jensen, Holley Wlodarczyk, Irina Kosterina, Jennifer Vanderburgh, Jonathan Kremser, Karren Eppley, Katar

Who is the Publisher of the book Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods?

Rutgers University Press

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Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780813588162) and ebook(ISBN 9780813588179) and pdf(ISBN 9780813588186)

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