Picture-book professors : academia and children's literature / Melissa M. Terras.
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TextSeries: Elements in publishing and book culture | Cambridge elementsPublisher: Cambridge University Press, Description: 1 online resource (304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)ISBN: 9781108529501 (ebook)Subject(s): Children's literature -- History and criticism | College teachers in literature | Stereotypes (Social psychology) in literatureAdditional physical formats: Print version: : No titleDDC classification: 809.89282 LOC classification: PN1009.A1 | T47 2018Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: 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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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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