Background
Jackson, Kathy Merlock was born on August 27, 1955 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Anthony Jacob and Irvia Josephine (Fasano) Merlock.
(From 1925 to World War II, the image of children in Ameri...)
From 1925 to World War II, the image of children in American films was one of unqualified innocence. After World War II, however, some significant variations occurred. First, the child star era sharply declined; second, new images of children that would have been unthinkable in the earlier years slowly began to appear. By the 1970s, monster children and precocious imps became standard movie fare. This study, utilizing socio-cultural criticism, approaches popular commercial films as artifacts that mirror their culture and finds that recurring narrative images of children in films reflect changing mass attitudes toward childhood and innocence in 20th-century America.
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( When Life magazine unveiled its list of the one hundred...)
When Life magazine unveiled its list of the one hundred most influential Americans of the 20th century, the selection committee was guided by one question: How would our lives be different if each of the honorees did not live? Not surprisingly, Walt Disney made the list. In addition to a complete biography, Jackson explores Disney's impact on American mass media and popular culture by focusing on animation, live-action film, documentary film, television, books, comic books, magazines, sheet music and recordings, theme parks, business, and the over-all Disney vision. A bibliographic essay examines sources of Disney scholarship, including a listing of resources available at the Walt Disney Archives in Burbank, California. Appendices provide a Disney chronology, Disney film and television credits, Disney's awards, and a listing of theme parks.
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Jackson, Kathy Merlock was born on August 27, 1955 in Pittsburgh. Daughter of Anthony Jacob and Irvia Josephine (Fasano) Merlock.
Bachelor, West Virginia University, 1977. Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 1984.
Teaching associate department English Ohio State University, Columbus, 1977—1979. Employment counselor QPA Personnel Consultant, Boston, 1979. Researcher, writer Office Research and Development Tufts University, Medford, 1979—1981.
Researcher Smithsonian Institution, Division Transportation, National Museum American History, Washington, 1982. Teaching fellow departments speech communications and English Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, 1981—1983, research consultant Office of Development, Mileti Alumni Center, 1982—1983. Batten professor and coordinator communications Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, since 1984.
Research consultant Research Communications, Ltd., Boston, 1986—1989.
( When Life magazine unveiled its list of the one hundred...)
(From 1925 to World War II, the image of children in Ameri...)
Active Parent-Teachers Association, Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1995—2003. Member of American Culture Association (board member 1991-1995, recorder 1995-1999, vice president 1999—2001, president 2001-2003).
Married Joe William Jackson Junior, August 6, 1983. 1 child Nicholas.