From the vogue for nubile models to the explosion in the juvenile crime rate, this modern classic of social history and media traces the precipitous decline of childhood in America today and the corresponding threat to the notion of adulthood. Deftly marshaling a vast array of historical and demographic research, Neil Postman, author of Technopoly, suggests that childhood is a relatively recent invention, which came into being as the new medium of print imposed divisions between children and adults. But now these divisions are eroding under the barrage of television, which turns the adult secrets of sex and violence into popular entertainment and pitches both news and advertising at the intellectual level of ten-year-olds. Informative, alarming, and aphorisitc, The Disappearance of Childhood is a triumph of history and prophecy.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House USA INC International Concepts
ISBN-13
9780679751663
eBay Product ID (ePID)
88365372
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Developmental Psychology
Author
Neil Postman
Publication Name
The Disappearance of Childhood
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
202mm
Item Width
131mm
Item Weight
159g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Neil Postman
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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