What do we tell the children? : critical essays on children's literature /
This peer-reviewed collection of critical essays on children's literature addresses contemporary debates regarding what constitutes "suitable" texts for young audiences. The volume examines what adult writers "tell" their child readers with particular focus on the following...
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| Language: | English |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Pub.,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; PART I; (UN)DOING GENDER; THE INNOCENCE PROJECT AND THE PORTRAYAL OF MALE TEENAGE PROSTITUTION IN FICTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS; DOING IT
- BUT NOT IN FRONT OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE; PART II; "WHAT BRUNO KNEW"; DEATH AND THE LANDSCAPE IN THE DARK IS RISING AND ITS ADAPTATIONS; PART III; THE 9/11MEDIA AFTERMATH AND CULTURAL IDENTITY POLITICS IN ADOLESCENT FICTION; COMING OF AGE AND NATIONAL CHARACTER AT HOME AND ABROAD; A TALE WORTH TELLING TWICE; PART IV; WHAT DID ADVANCED NATIONALISTS TELL IRISH CHILDREN IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY?
- "ENJOY THE LAST OF YOUR SCHOOLGIRL LIFE"PART V; "HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID". FROM BIG BROTHER TO BIG BROTHER; WORDS, WOUNDS AND CHINESE WHISPERS; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX.
