Childish culture

The Culture is not addressed only to the adults: many artists, intellectuals and professionals in all the fields Culturel S created for a childish public, while adapting to their age, their capacities and their waitings. Most of the time, works of childish Culture are created with in filigree an educational will. There exists also a at least rudimentary Culture maintained and transmitted by the children themselves without intervention of adults.

History of the childish Culture

Rather recent in its recognition “ officielle ” : before this century, the child was not regarded as a public worthy of a particular and adapted Intérêt.

Older, on the other hand, in the Culture populaire : Tale S traditional, Puppets, Circus, etc

Adaptation of the Culture to childhood

Adaptation according to the age, of the Maturity of the child.

The magic character and the marvellous one are often associated with the perception of childhood, therefore very present in the childish Culture.

Creation for the child is often related to the psychological theories of childhood.

Often educational will at the same time as artistic and ludic: to bring to the child what to build his vision of the world.

Beside the Culture FOR the child Culture BY the child in particular the immense field of the plays and popular mentality exists also a .

The Culture maintained by the children

A share of knowledge and imaginary, that one can call in an at least rudimentary way a Culture, is maintained by the children themselves in their social relations out of any intervention of adults. They can be plays of Playground with their rules (for example the Jeu of the wolf), of stories and of urban legends which circulate among the children, etc One notes also the transmission and the diffusion of habits like the formulettes of elimination (splash-splash) or regulates it “Prems! ”, and of expressions like Nananère .

Another part of this Culture is fed by adult productions (television, star-system, modes…) but monopolized, transformed then maintained and transmitted by the children between them. Plays like the Pokémon, the Pogs, or of the jokes conveyed by candies can return in this category.

Examples of childish Culture

Children's literature

Tale S, books for children, edition S and collections specialized for child, Literature with simplified or reduced text, Cartoon, etc

See Literature of childhood and youth.

The cinema and audio-visual for children

Cartoons, films for children, television programs for children, etc

Spectacles for children

Circus, Theater for children, Puppet S, etc

Music addressed to the children

Round S and Counting rhyme S, ditties, etc

The pictorial art addressed to the children

Illustration, etc

Play

Toy S, board games, Model making, Play of ball S in playground, etc

Internal bonds

Literature of childhood and youth
Childhood
Play
Culture, Culture of youth
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