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aetonormativity

noun

Etymology

Coined in 2009 by Maria Nikolajeva, from Latin aetas (“age”) + normativity.

  1. derived from aetas

Definitions

  1. Any assumption of an age-based norm and particularly the assumption that adults and adult…

    Any assumption of an age-based norm and particularly the assumption that adults and adult experiences are normative while children and childish experiences are consequently deviant or other.

    • Could one consequence of aetonormativity be that most picture books are written by adults, despite their target audience being children?
    • And, relatedly, exploring aetonormativity in children's literature as the normativisation of only some carefully identified adult "powers" could lead to a more complex model of the normalising/othering binary developed in the literature.

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