Lynne Vallone: 2 books
Big and Small
A Cultural History of Extraordinary Bodies
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
A groundbreaking work that explores human size as a distinctive cultural marker in Western thought
Author, scholar, and editor Lynne Vallone has an international reputation in the field of child studies. In this analytical tour-de-force, she explores bodily size difference—particularly unusual...
The Children's Table
Childhood Studies and the Humanities
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Like the occupants of the children's table at a family dinner, scholars working in childhood studies can seem sidelined from the "adult" labor of humanities scholarship. The Children's Table brings together scholars from architecture, philosophy, law, and literary and cultural criticism to provide...