Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Kathy Merlock Jackson ,  Steven M. Emmanuel
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.263kg
ISBN:  

9780786472963

ISBN 10:   0786472960
Pages:   180
Publication Date:   08 February 2016
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction The Performance of the Pastoral (Chris Buczinsky) Social Activism for the Small Set (Kathy Merlock Jackson) Good Neighbors, Moral Philosophy and the Masculine Ideal (Sue Matheson) Grown-Up Work and the Work of Growing Up (Valerie H. Pennanen) Dis-Alienating the Neighborhood: The Representation of Work and Community (Tim Libretti) Fantasy as Free Space: Mister Rogers’ Neighborhoods (Susan Larkin) The Presence of Mister Rogers (Steven M. Emmanuel) A Different Voice: Mister Rogers and the Ethic of Care (Richard L. Bilsker) Community as Emotional Education: Fred Rogers and Edith Stein (Peter R. Costello) Structure and Story in the Operas (Maura Grady) Fred Rogers and the Early Use of Puppetry on American Children’s Television (Mark I. West) Chronology A Selective Bibliography of Works by and About Fred Rogers (Camille McCutcheon) About the Contributors Index

Reviews

the book returns us to the world of a long-running children's television show hosted by a quiet and unassuming man --Communications Booknotes Quarterly.

Author Information

Kathy Merlock Jackson, a professor of media and communication at Virginia Wesleyan University, teaches courses in media studies and children’s culture. She is the author or editor of thirteen books and former editor of The Journal of American Culture. She has served as past president of both the American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Association. Steven M. Emmanuel is a professor of philosophy at Virginia Wesleyan College, where he specializes in the history of philosophy and comparative moral and religious thought.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Countries Available

All regions