Format:
191 S.
ISBN:
9781846825262
Series Statement:
Studies in children's literature series 7
Content:
This volume examines how children's books retain the ability to transform, activate, indoctrinate or empower their readers. From utopian and dystopian voices to children's literature written in response to war situations to critiques of misogynistic assumptions that normalize or eroticize violence, these essays demonstrate the potential of children's literature to radically challenge cultural norms
Note:
Introduction : politics and ideology in children's literature
,
Ecocriticism, ecopedagogy and the life and works of Beatrix Potter
,
'Creaturely life' : biopolitical intensity in selected children's fables
,
'That imprudent Old Person of Chili' : individual and They in Edward Lear's limericks
,
'Don't let the fire go out' : echoes of the past, aspirations for the future in the teenage novels of Eilís Dillon
,
Recovery of origins : identity and ideology in the work of O.R. Melling
,
Distant districts and dark days : national identity in The hunger games
,
'You are the hope of the world! : the figure of the child in First World War children's literature
,
'A noi!' : the emergence of the gallant Fascist in Italian children's literature of the inter-war period
,
Out of the Hitler time : growing up in exile
,
Paratexts and gender politics : a study of selected works by Anna Maria Fielding Hall
,
Young women dealing with abuse : Catherine Breillat's cinematic perspective on Bluebeard
,
Sexual violence and rape myths in contemporary young adult fiction
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
,
English Studies
Keywords:
Kinderliteratur
;
Jugendliteratur
;
Ideologie
;
Politik
;
Krieg
;
Exil
;
Sexismus
Author information:
McGillicuddy, Áine 1970-
Author information:
Keyes, Marian 1963-
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