Introduction: material youth -- What good little girls and boys are made of -- Honey(cakes) -- Sweet teeth -- Molasses -- Muscle and greens -- Conclusion: flesh and blood
Summary
In this book Honeyman looks at manifestations of youth agency (and representations of agency produced for youth) as depicted in fairy tales, childlore and folk literature, investigating the dynamic of ideological manipulation and independent resistance as it can be read or expressed in bodies, first through social puppetry and then through coercive temptation (our consumption replacing the more obvious strings that bind us). Reading tales like Popeye, Hansel & Gretel, and Pinocchio, Honeyman concentrates on the agency of young subjects through material relations,
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-220) and index
