Illuminating childhood : portraits in fiction, film & drama /
Spitz, Ellen Handler.
Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press
2012, c2011.
While literature and the arts are rarely considered primary sources for knowledge about human motivation and behavior, people read novels, attend movies, watch television, and go to the theater not solely to be entertained but also to learn about one another and about themselves. This book formalizes this quest for psychological knowledge in the domain of the arts.
Reprint. Originally published: c2011.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index.
While literature and the arts are rarely considered primary sources for knowledge about human motivation and behavior, people read novels, attend movies, watch television, and go to the theater not solely to be entertained but also to learn about one another and about themselves. This book formalizes this quest for psychological knowledge in the domain of the arts.
Children in literature.
Parent and child in literature.
Children in motion pictures.