Kids' media culture

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CONTENTS List of illustrations List of tables Acknowledgements Kids' culture in the Clinton era: an introduction Marsha Kinder, University of Southern California Section 1: Children's media culture in the post-war era Innocence abroad: the geo-politics of post-war kid-strips Lynn Spigel, University of Southern California Her suffering aristocratic majesty: the sentimental value of Lassie Henry Jenkins, MIT Kings of the wild backyard: Davy Crockett and children's space Sean Griffin Out of control: Television and the transformation of childhood in late capitalism Jyotsna Kapur, Northwestern University Section 2: Reception and cultural identity Sesame Street: cognition and communications imperialism Heather Hendershot, Queen's College Ranging with power on the Fox Children's Network, or where on earth is children's educational television Marsha Kinder, University of Southern California Xuxa S.A.: the queen of Rede Globo in the age of transnational capitalism Elissa Rashkin, University of Iowa Saving our so-called lives: girl fandom, adolescent subjectivity and My so-called life Susan Murray, University of Texas, Austin Section 3: Pedagogy and power Power Rangers at pre-school: negotiating media in child care settings Ellen Seiter, University of California, San Diego What girls want: gender, computers and interactive games Heather Gilmour, CUC Sofware Video game designs by girls and boys: variability and consistency of gender differences Yasmin Kafai, University of California, Los Angeles Selective bibliography on Children's media culture Karen Orr Vered Notes on contributors