Picture-Book Professors : Academia and Children's Literature
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
ISBN-10
1108438458
ISBN-13
9781108438452
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 4th, 2018
Print length
222 Pages
Weight
222 grams
Dimensions
25.30 x 17.70 x 1.20 cms
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Surveying fictional professors in texts marketed to children, this Element conveys how the stereotypical image of a professor is portrayed as old, white and male. It provides a publishing history of the role of academics in children's literature. This title is also available, with additional material, as Open Access.
How is academia portrayed in children's literature? This Element ambitiously surveys fictional professors in texts marketed towards children. Professors are overwhelmingly white and male, tending to be elderly scientists who fall into three stereotypes: the vehicle to explain scientific facts, the baffled genius, and the evil madman. By the late twentieth century, the stereotype of the male, mad, muddlehead, called Professor SomethingDumb, is formed in humorous yet pejorative fashion. This Element provides a publishing history of the role of academics in children's literature, questioning the book culture which promotes the enforcement of stereotypes regarding intellectual expertise in children's media. The Element is also available, with additional material, as Open Access.
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