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Literary Cultures and Twenty-First-Century Childhoods


Literary Cultures and Twenty-First-Century Childhoods


Literary Cultures and Childhoods

von: Nathalie op de Beeck

96,29 €

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 05.08.2020
ISBN/EAN: 9783030321468
Sprache: englisch

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<p>In the early decades of the twenty-first century, we are grappling with the legacies</p><p>of past centuries and their cascading effects upon children and all people. We</p><p>realize anew how imperialism, globalization, industrialization, and revolution</p><p>continue to reshape our world and that of new generations. At a volatile moment,</p><p>this collection asks how twenty-first century literature and related media</p><p>represent and shape the contemporary child, childhood, and youth.</p><p><br></p><p>Because literary representations construct ideal childhoods as well as model the</p><p>rights, privileges, and respect afforded to actual young people, this collection</p><p>surveys examples from popular culture and from scholarly practice. Chapters</p><p>investigate the human rights of children in literature and international policy; the</p><p>potential subjective agency and power of the child; the role models proposed for</p><p>young people; the diverse identities children embody and encounter; and the</p><p>environmental well-being of future human and nonhuman generations.</p><p><br></p><p>As a snapshot of our developing historical moment, this collection identifies</p><p>emergent trends, considers theories and critiques of childhood and literature,</p><p>and observes how new technologies and paradigms are destabilizing past</p><p>conventions of storytelling and lived experience.</p>
<p><b>Table of Contents </b></p>

<p><b>&nbsp;</b></p>

<p>Introduction: Twenty-First Century Literary Cultures and Childhoods</p>

<p>Nathalie op de Beeck</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><b>I. Children’s Rights and Role Models </b></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Children’s Right to Participate: Insights from the Story of Malala</p>

<p>Jonathan Todres</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Wisdom of Getting Involved: Civic Engagement in Contemporary Egyptian Children’s Literature</p>

<p>Yasmine Motawy</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Bright Pasts, Brighter Futures: Biographies for Children in the Early Twenty-First Century</p>

<p>Clémentine Beauvais</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><b>II. Social Justice and Diversity</b><b>&nbsp;in Literature for Young Readers</b><b></b></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>“We Need Diverse Books”: Diversity, Activism, and Children’s Literature</p>

<p>Sarah Park Dahlen&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>What Having <i>Two Mommies </i>Looks Like Now: Queer Picture Books&nbsp;in the Twenty-First Century</p>

<p>Derritt Mason</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><b>III. Representing Youth, Claiming Identity, and Exercising Agency </b></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

Laughing Out Loud or Lost in the Woods? Tween Girl&nbsp;Identity in Picturebooks and Graphic Novels for Children </p>

<p>Nina Christensen</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>“Ganesha&nbsp;Is My Best Friend”: Homological Boyhood&nbsp;in Hindi Mythological Animated Films</p>

<p>Anuja Madan</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Brazilian Childhood and Literature in the Age of Digital Technologies</p>

<p>Edgar Roberto Kirchof&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><b>IV. Coming of Age in the Anthropocene</b></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Animals&nbsp;in Children’s Development: A Roadmap for the Twenty-First Century</p>

<p>Gail F. Melson&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>Examining Animal Bodies in War-Related Media for Children</p>

<p>Amy Ratelle&nbsp;</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

<p>The Power and Potential: An Ecocritical&nbsp;Reading of Twenty-First Century Childhood</p>

<p>Alice Curry&nbsp;</p>

<p><b><br> V. Contributors <br> <br> <br> </b></p>

<p><b>Part of a Palgrave Book Series </b></p>
<p>Nathalie op de Beeck is the author of Suspended Animation: Children’s Picture</p><p>Books and the Fairy Tale of Modernity (2010) and co-creator of Little Machinery:</p><p>A Critical Facsimile Edition (2009). Her work appears in The Oxford Handbook of</p><p>Children’s Literature (2011), The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks (2017),</p><p>and journals including CLAQ and CLE. She is Associate Professor of English at</p><p>Pacific Lutheran University, USA.</p>
<p></p><p>In the early decades of the twenty-first century, we are grappling with the legacies</p><p>of past centuries and their cascading effects upon children and all people. We</p><p>realize anew how imperialism, globalization, industrialization, and revolution</p><p>continue to reshape our world and that of new generations. At a volatile moment,</p><p>this collection asks how twenty-first century literature and related media</p><p>represent and shape the contemporary child, childhood, and youth.</p><p><br></p><p>Because literary representations construct ideal childhoods as well as model the</p><p>rights, privileges, and respect afforded to actual young people, this collection</p><p>surveys examples from popular culture and from scholarly practice. Chapters</p><p>investigate the human rights of children in literature and international policy; the</p><p>potential subjective agency and power of the child; the role models proposed for</p><p>young people; the diverse identities children embody and encounter; and the</p><p>environmental well-being of future human and nonhuman generations.</p><p><br></p><p>As a snapshot of our developing historical moment, this collection identifies</p><p>emergent trends, considers theories and critiques of childhood and literature,</p><p>and observes how new technologies and paradigms are destabilizing past</p><p>conventions of storytelling and lived experience.</p><p><br></p><p>Nathalie op de Beeck is the author of Suspended Animation: Children’s Picture</p><p>Books and the Fairy Tale of Modernity (2010) and co-creator of Little Machinery:</p><p>A Critical Facsimile Edition (2009). Her work appears in The Oxford Handbook of</p><p>Children’s Literature (2011), The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks (2017),</p><p>and journals including CLAQ and CLE. She is Associate Professor of English at</p><p></p><p>Pacific Lutheran University, USA.</p><p></p>
Part of a series of books which trace the changes in the way that the figure of the 'child' has been represented in literary cultures across the ages Takes broad definition of the term 'literary cultures' and how they intersect with digital, film, graphic narrative, comics, advertising, and other formats Features contributions from a broad range of academics across various disciplines

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