Incorrigibles and Innocents

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"Incorrigibles and Innocents: Constructions of Childhood and Citizenship in Progressive Era Comic Strips addresses this gap in scholarship, serving as the first sustained examination of the ways childhood was depicted and theorized in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century comic strips. By drawing from and building on histories and theories of childhood, comics and Progressive Era conceptualizations of citizenship and nationhood, Lara Saguisag demonstrates that child characters in comic strips reinforced and complicated notions of who could claim membership in a modernizing, expanding nation"--

subjects: Comic books, strips, etc., history and criticism,  Children in literature,  Literature and society,  Comic books, strips,  History and criticism,  Citizenship in literature,  History,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture,  LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels,  HISTORY / Social History,  PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism,  HISTORY / United States / 20th Century,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies,  SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies