Description: Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods brings together visual studies and childhood studies to explore images of childhood in the study rurality and rural life. The volume highlights how the voices of children themselves remain central to investigations of rural childhoods and rural life.
Review Quotes: "Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods is a welcome addition on many fronts. It tackles rural childhood in many locations around the world, both Global North and Global South, and it does so by means of studying the visual. Instead of taking images of carefree rural childhoods at face value, the authors delve into their hidden meanings. What are we really seeing in these visions and versions of childhood? This is recommended reading for scholars in many fields: childhood studies, rural history, history of gender and sexuality, and so many others."
--Pamela Riney-Kehrberg "author of Childhood on the Farm: Work, Play, and Coming of Age in the Midwest"