The Disappearance of Childhood: Parent-Child Role Reversals in AFTER THE FIRST DEATH and A SOLITARY BLUE.

Plotz, Judith

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ERIC Number: EJ374838

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Disappearance of Childhood: Parent-Child Role Reversals in AFTER THE FIRST DEATH and A SOLITARY BLUE.

Plotz, Judith

Children's Literature in Education, v19 n2 p67-79 Sum 1988

Summarizes several leading theories regarding the disappearance of childhood in modern society. Examines this pattern of eroding childhood in two young adult novels, Robert Cormier's AFTER THE FIRST DEATH and Cynthia Voight's A SOLITARY BLUE. (MM)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Child Role, Children, Family Life, Literary Criticism, Mass Media Effects, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Role, Social Change, Sociocultural Patterns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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