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Higonnet, Anne, 1959-

Pictures of innocence : the history and crisis of ideal childhood / Anne Higonnet. - 256 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. - Interplay arts + history + theory. . - Interplay (London, England : Thames and Hudson). .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index.

Introduction -- The Invention of Innocence -- Pictures' Imagination -- The Romantic Child -- Every Mother's Child -- A Golden Age -- Photography's Truth -- Innocence Inherited -- Snapshot Families -- An Ideal in Crises -- Through the Looking Glass -- Private Pictures, Public Dangers -- Photographs Against the Law -- Knowing Childhood -- Notes and Sources -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Index. Pt. I. Ch. 1. Ch. 2. Ch. 3. Ch. 4. Ch. 5. Pt. II. Ch. 6. Ch. 7. Ch. 8. Ch. 9.

ISBN: 0500280487 9780500280485 0500018413 9780500018415

LCCN: 97061994

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Children in art--Social aspects
Children in art--History
Photography of children--Social aspects
Photography of children--History
Children--Social conditions
Innocence (Psychology)

LC Class. No.: N7640. / H54 1998

Dewey Class. No.: 704.9425