Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): «In-dipendence». Control and emancipation paths of cultural minorities in European social history of education
Non-Monographic Section Articles

Child portraits. Representations of the child body in children’s illustration and literature: some interpretative categories.

Published 2017-06-29

Keywords

  • history of children’s literature;,
  • history of illustration;,
  • metaphors of childhood;,
  • collective imagination;,
  • body;

How to Cite

Terrusi, M. (2017). Child portraits. Representations of the child body in children’s illustration and literature: some interpretative categories. Rivista Di Storia dell’Educazione, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.36253/rse-9341

Abstract

A critical path in the history of children’s illustration and literature, discovering the portraits and metaphors of childhood that attract the scholar’s attention to pedagogical thought on the imagination, and some ideas for interpreting representations of the child body.