1st Edition
The Invention of Childhood Creativity Colonialities and the Production of Difference
Series Foreword: Routledge Cultural Studies in Knowledge, Curriculum and Education
Acknowledgements
Introduction: An Image of the Creative Child
1. ‘Child-as-Primitive’ and the Naturalization of Imagination in Childhood
2. The Seduction of Nature in Arts Education
3. Playing The Child As An Artist, Or The Government Of The Child’s Soul
4. The Normalization of Children’s Creativity: Developmentalism As a Style of Reasoning Through Children’s Drawings
5. The Historical Ambiguities Surrounding Imagination: The Government Of The Hopes And Fears Of The Child’s Imaginative Mind
Looking back… and looking forward
References
Index
Biography
Cat Martins is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Porto, Portugal. They are also Director of the doctoral program in Arts Education.
