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  1. Creation of Childhood, The (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.

    Looks at Neil Postman’s controversial theory that childhood was created by the printing press. Discusses what a child’s life was like in the medieval period prior to the invention of the printing press...

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  2. Disappearing Childhood (1987 Video)

    Producer
    Eleanor Morris
    Subject
    Media studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.

    Neil Postman argues that childhood is disappearing as a result of watching television. Shows that children are not passive receivers of their culture but active agents in their own socialisation and...

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  3. Four Families (1959 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Dr Margaret Mead discusses how the upbringing of children contributes to a distinctive national character. Bathing a baby in four continents. An on-the-spot comparison of family life in India, France, Japan...

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  4. Scotland Calling: At the Empire Exhibition 1938 (1938)

    Subject
    Geography; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (154 minutes), £18.99

    A 2-DVD compilation of films made at and for the Empire Exhibition of 1938, which was held in Glasgow. DVD 1: Seven films made under the direction of John Grierson to spotlight Scotland: FACE OF SCOTLAND:...

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  5. What Mamillius Knew: Ceremonies of Initiation in the Winter’s Tale (Audio)

    Subject
    Drama

    Podcast. Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture delivered at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Elizabethan Theatre by Sarah Beckwith. The lecture focuses on Mamillius, dealing with questions of initiation,...

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  6. Elizabethan Childhood (Television)

    Director
    Jaqui McAlpine
    Producer
    Jaqui McAlpine
    Subject
    History

    Pre-school history series. Grandad Harvey takes Asher on a journey of discovery to find out what life was like for a child during Elizabethan times. Dressing up in magnificent Elizabethan costumes, they...

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