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All Together Now: American Holiday Symbolism Among Children and Adults (Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies)
In a hard driving society like the United States, holidays are islands of softness. Holidays are times for creating memories and for celebrating cultural values, emotions, and social ties. All Together Now considers holidays that are celebrated by American families: Easter, Memorial Day, Independenc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019 -
Flights of Fancy, Leaps of Faith: Children's Myths in Contemporary America
Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairyis there still a place for these legendary creatures in today's skeptical age? Is it "right" for children to believe in them? By encouraging these myths, are parents lying to children? Moreover, do these figures undermine religious faith and encourage r... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1995 -
The War of My Generation: Youth Culture and the War on Terror
by Cindy Dell Clark • Laura Browder • David Kieran • Irene Garza • Rebecca A. Adelman • Benjamin Cooper • Jo Lampert • Robertson Allen • Jeremy K. Saucier • Holly Swyers • Professor Sunaina MairaFollowing the 9/11 attacks, approximately four million Americans have turned eighteen each year and more than fifty million children have been born. These members of the millennial and post-millennial generation have come of age in a moment marked by increased anxiety about terrorism, two protracted... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015