CMS.871 / 21L.715 / SP.493/ MAS.961: Exploring Children's Culture -- Interpretive Questions

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	Course Number(s): CMS.871, 21L.715, SP.493, MAS.961 Term: Spring 2002Credit: 3-3-6 Lecture: TTh 3:30-5pm, Room 14E-310 Lab: T 7-10pm, Room 2-146	Professor Justine Cassell justine@media.mit.edu Professor Henry Jenkins henry3@mit.edu
	INTERPRETIVE QUESTIONS Thursday February 7 Children in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Quality Time and Tough Love Tuesday February 12 The Historical Evolution of Childhood Thursday February 14 Rousseau and the Primitive Child Thursday February 21 The Developing Child UNIT II: SEXUALITY Tuesday February 26 Responding to Children's Sexuality Thursday February 28 Representing the Erotic Child Tuesday March 5 Gender and Non-Conformity UNIT III: PLAY AND LANGUAGE Thursday March 7 Play and Reality Tuesday March 12 The Commercialization of Children's Culture Thursday March 14 Toys and Culture Tuesday March 19 Present Artifacts Thursday March 21 The Gendering of Play and Work Tuesday April 2 The Girls Game Movement Thursday April 4 Case Study of Barbie UNIT IV: CHILDREN AS INSTIGATORS Tuesday April 9 Children as Technologists Thursday April 11 Children as Storytellers Thursday April 18 Children as Cultural Producers UNIT V: LITERATURE Tuesday April 23 The Problem of Children's Literature Thursday April 25 From Folk Tales to Children's Literature Tuesday April 30 Walt Disney and Doctor Seuss: Two Visions of Childhood UNIT VI: MORAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES Thursday May 2 Play and Moral Development Tuesday May 7 Violence and Child's Play Thursday May 9 Cultural and Racial Stereotypes Tuesday May 14 Childhood Online Thursday May 16 Wrap Up