Joseph Zornado

Joseph L. Zornado (14 December 1964) is an American professor and author. He wrote a book about children's literature, Inventing the Child (Garland Publishing, 2000), as well as a science fiction trilogy, 2050: A Future History.

Early life

Zornado was born in San Diego, California, on December 14, 1964.

Career

His book Inventing the Child (Garland Publishing, 2000) is an account of childhood through fiction. Zornado analyzes several of the dominant notions of childhood which led to this moment, such as those of Calvin, Freud, and Rousseau, and finally, the "consumer childhood" era of Benjamin Spock and television. He argues that the stories told to children, from fairy tales to Disney movies, perpetuate the materialism and conformity of dominant culture. The book has been praised by writers such as Daniel Quinn, who called it "among the two or three most eye-opening, illuminating, and important books I've ever read."

Speculative Fiction Review published the first volume of Zornado's 2050 trilogy, Iron Diesel Press published the second, and Merry Blacksmith Press published the third volume. 2050: A Future History is set two thousand years after the fall of civilization, when a wanderer named Vilb sets out on a journey and discovers that his destiny is controlled by "the gods," remnants of ancient human beings. It is set in a post-apocalyptic Antarctica, which, though habitable, remains extremely dry; the lack of water and food has put the new "Little Earth" on a course for crisis.

Zornado is professor of English and former director of the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning at Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island.

Publications

References

External links

• Joseph Zornado at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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