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Author Higonnet, Anne, 1959-

Title Pictures of innocence : the history and crisis of ideal childhood / Anne Higonnet
Published New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1998

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 W'BOOL  704.9425 Hig/Poi  AVAILABLE
 MELB  704.9425 Hig/Poi  AVAILABLE
Description 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Series Interplay, arts, history, theory
Interplay (London, England : Thames and Hudson)
Contents Pt. I. The invention of innocence -- Pictures' imagination. Ch. 1. The romantic child. Ch. 2. Every mother's child. Ch. 3. A golden age -- Photography's truth. Ch. 4. Innocence inherited. Ch. 5. Snapshot families -- Pt. II. An ideal in crises. Ch. 6. Through the looking glass. Ch. 7. Private pictures, public dangers. Ch. 8. Photographs against the law. Ch. 9. Knowing childhood
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index
Subject Children in art -- History.
Children in art -- Social aspects.
Children in art.
Children -- Social conditions.
Innocence (Psychology)
Photography of children -- History.
Photography of children -- Social aspects.
Photography of children.
LC no. 97061994
ISBN 0500018413
0500280487 (paperback)
Other Titles History and crisis of ideal childhood