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The Moral Project of Childhood explores the topics of motherhood and early children's consumer culture--

The book features nine stories by Hong Kong author Dung Kai-cheung, showcasing his unique narrative style and insights into contemporary life. Translated by Winnie Won Yin Wong, these stories are enriched by contributions from scholars and critics such as Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox, providing a multifaceted exploration of themes related to culture and communication. The collaboration highlights the intersection of creative writing and academic analysis, making it a significant work for readers interested in diverse perspectives.

In a dozen original essays, contributors to Symbolic Childhood engage directly with the politics of representation by scrutinizing the connection between the exercise of power and portrayals of children and childhood. The volume as a whole construes childhood not as a given category, transparently understood, but as a thoroughly social artifact infused with contradictory and inexact meaning. As a social construct, childhood is thus approached as an active production which can be taken apart and reconstructed in a variety of ways, and for a variety of purposes. Chapters examine a range of issues and topics, precocious and gifted children, gender, sexuality, innocence, school shootings, cartoons, video games, adoption, street children, and feral children.