Young adults doing kid stuff? It could be good for them − and society
Young adults doing kid stuff? It could be good for them − and society
- April 4, 2016
- Mimi Ito, anthropology and humanities professor, on children’s media via The Globe and Mail (Canada) April 4, 2016
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From The Globe and Mail:
Mizuko Ito is a Japanese cultural anthropologist who works at the University of California,
Irvine as an in-residence professor. She sees adult interest in children’s media as
“a site of resistance to adult values” …. “For adults, these images of childhood are
a colorful escape from the dulling rhythms of salaried work and household labor.”
For the full story, please visit http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/men-who-love-my-little-pony-how-being-a-brony-can-be-good-for-mental-health/article29510644/?page=all.
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