Date of Award
Summer 8-22-2010
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Dr. Tomasz Tabako
Second Advisor
Dr. Leonard Teel
Third Advisor
Dr. M. Lane Bruner
Abstract
This analysis of children’s literature attempts to understand the relationship between social reproduction and ideology. This thesis argues that children’s literature written by Lynne Cheney is a cultural artifact that constitutes an ideological history. In addition, it argues that her books can be used by ideological institutions to strengthen socially accepted practices through the theory of social reproduction. Since there is a lack of theory regarding cultural artifacts in literary studies, an adoption from the field of pedagogy called the theory of hidden curriculum is used to explain social reproduction. The process of social reproduction reinforces socioeconomic structures put in place in order to reinforce social norms.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1486503
Recommended Citation
Miller, Samuel, "History in the Making: The Impact of Ideology in Lynne Cheney's Children's Books." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2010.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1486503