"The New Generation": Mental Hygiene and the Portrayals of Children by the National Film Board of Canada, 1946–1967 |
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| Authors: | Brian J Low |
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| Institution: | Brian Low received his doctorate in educational studies from the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1999. He currently teaches film and cultural studies at National Hua Qiao University in China and continues his research into the influence of the mental hygiene movement upon child-rearing practices in Canada. He may be contacted by e-mail: bjlow@yahoo.com. |
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| Abstract: | That is the achievement of the psychologists. In our own society they are very kind, and do everything for our own good. The tales of what they do elsewhere are rather terrifying. —Hilda Neatby So Little for the Mind (1953) |
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