Children have been exploited as performers and wooed energetically as consumers throughout history. These essays offer scholarly investigations into the employment and participation of children in the entertainment industry with examples drawn from historical and contemporary contexts.

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About the Author
Rossella Del Prete, Universita degli Studi del Sannio, Italy Shih-Ching H. Picucci, University of Durham, UK Mark Branner, University of Hawai'i, Manoa, USA Gilli Bush-Bailey, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Dyan Colclough, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK James Skidmore, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Shauna Vey, City University of New York, USA Laura Noszlopy, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Noel Brown, Newcastle University, UK Ken Cerniglia, Disney Theatrical Group Lisa Mitchell, Disney Theatrical Group Broderick D.V. Chow, Brunel University, UK Darren O'Donnell, Mammalian Diving Reflex/University of Toronto, Canada

Reviews

"Readers should resist the urge to pick out one or two essays to peruse, since what really sets this collection apart is its global, generic, and methodological inclusiveness. We learn not only about stage plays and musicals but also film, TV, dance, and experimental theatre; not only about what adult viewers make of child performers but what former child performers make of their own experiences. This excellent collection of essays should inspire more theatre historians and cultural critics to pay attention to the centrality of children as makers and consumers of entertainment." - Marah Gubar, Director, Children's Literature Program, University of Pittsburgh, USA

"The participation of children in entertainment industries the world over has been unquestioned for centuries. This volume makes vital progress in addressing aesthetic, economic, and political questions essential for exposing assumptions and practices which have governed the work of juvenile performers across the globe. Surprising by its geographical and chronological reach, from Bali to Toronto, Melbourne to Naples, and with stories from the Renaissance to YouTube, the scholarship here is rigorous, diverse, and challenging." - Anne Varty, Professor, English Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK

Book Information
ISBN 9781349454822
Author G. Arrighi
Format Paperback
Page Count 251
Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher Palgrave Macmillan