Title The importance of being innocent : why we worry about children / Joanne Faulkner

Published Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description viii, 167 pages ; 23 cm Series Australian encounters Australian encounters. Contents Encounters with childhood / by Tony Moore -- Why do we worry about children? -- Consuming the innocent : innocence as a cultural and political product -- The communal fantasy and its discontents : the child's place in political community -- Disciplining innocence : knowledge, power and the contemporary child -- Fallen innocents : adolescents, aboriginal and stateless children -- When fantasies become nightmares : purveyors and pornographers of innocence Summary "The importance of being innocent addresses the current debate in Australia and internationally regarding the sexualisation of children, predation on them by pedophiles, and the risks apparently posed to their 'innate innocence' by perceived problems and threats in contemporary society."--Back cover Analysis Child care, child and youth welfare (Australia) Social ethics & debates (Australia) Notes "Monash University, National Centre for Australian Studies" Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-164) and index Notes Also available electronically Subject Advertising -- Psychological aspects. Child molesters -- Australia. Children in advertising -- Australia. Child molesters. Children -- Australia. Pedophilia -- Australia. Children in advertising. Pedophilia. Sex in advertising -- Australia. Sex in advertising. Author Monash University. National Centre for Australian Studies. LC no. 2010537475 ISBN 9780521146975 (paperback)

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