Zornado, Joseph L.: Inventing the Child: Culture, Ideology, and the Story of Childhood

Now in paperback, Inventing the Child is a highly entertaining, humorous, and at times acerbic account of what it means to be a child (and a parent) in America at the dawn of the new millennium. J. Zornado explores the history and development of the concept of childhood, starting with the works of Calvin, Freud, and Rousseau and culminating with the modern ´consumer´ childhood of Dr. Spock and television. The volume discusses major media depictions of childhood and examines the ways in which par