Virginia Lee Burton's "Little House" in Popular Consciousness: Fuelling Postwar Environmentalism and Antiurbanism?
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Standard
Virginia Lee Burton's "Little House" in Popular Consciousness : Fuelling Postwar Environmentalism and Antiurbanism? . / Goddard, Joseph.
In: Journal of Urban History, Vol. 37, No. 4, 2011, p. 562-582.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Author
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Virginia Lee Burton's "Little House" in Popular Consciousness
T2 - Fuelling Postwar Environmentalism and Antiurbanism?
AU - Goddard, Joseph
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - This article considers the significance of Victoria Lee Burton’s authorship, specifically The Little House, for lifestyle preferences and the development of environmental consciousness in the postwar period. The article argues that Burton deliberately designed her work to evoke country-friendly sensibilities and ambiences in her audience and portrayed the city in troublesome ways. The enduring success of The Little House for young audiences suggests that Burton struck a chord. Burton’s origins and upbringing probably also infused her depiction of a cosmopolitan rural idealism. Burton’s importance for modern environmentalism deserves greater recognition than it has received and may bear comparison to that of Rachel Carson.
AB - This article considers the significance of Victoria Lee Burton’s authorship, specifically The Little House, for lifestyle preferences and the development of environmental consciousness in the postwar period. The article argues that Burton deliberately designed her work to evoke country-friendly sensibilities and ambiences in her audience and portrayed the city in troublesome ways. The enduring success of The Little House for young audiences suggests that Burton struck a chord. Burton’s origins and upbringing probably also infused her depiction of a cosmopolitan rural idealism. Burton’s importance for modern environmentalism deserves greater recognition than it has received and may bear comparison to that of Rachel Carson.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Virginia Lee Burton
U2 - 10.1177/0096144211403087
DO - 10.1177/0096144211403087
M3 - Journal article
VL - 37
SP - 562
EP - 582
JO - Journal of Urban History
JF - Journal of Urban History
SN - 0096-1442
IS - 4
ER -
ID: 14613432