Literary Cultures and Twenty-First-Century Childhoods
Editors: op de Beeck, Nathalie (Ed.)
Free Preview- 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 agesTakes broad definition of the term 'literary cultures' and how they intersect with digital, film, graphic narrative, comics, advertising, and other formatsFeatures contributions from a broad range of academics across various disciplines
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- About this book
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In the early decades of the twenty-first century, we are grappling with the legacies
of past centuries and their cascading effects upon children and all people. We
realize anew how imperialism, globalization, industrialization, and revolution
continue to reshape our world and that of new generations. At a volatile moment,
this collection asks how twenty-first century literature and related media
represent and shape the contemporary child, childhood, and youth.
Because literary representations construct ideal childhoods as well as model the
rights, privileges, and respect afforded to actual young people, this collection
surveys examples from popular culture and from scholarly practice. Chapters
investigate the human rights of children in literature and international policy; the
potential subjective agency and power of the child; the role models proposed for
young people; the diverse identities children embody and encounter; and the
environmental well-being of future human and nonhuman generations.
As a snapshot of our developing historical moment, this collection identifies
emergent trends, considers theories and critiques of childhood and literature,
and observes how new technologies and paradigms are destabilizing past
conventions of storytelling and lived experience.
- About the authors
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Nathalie op de Beeck is the author of Suspended Animation: Children’s Picture
Books and the Fairy Tale of Modernity (2010) and co-creator of Little Machinery:
A Critical Facsimile Edition (2009). Her work appears in The Oxford Handbook of
Children’s Literature (2011), The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks (2017),
and journals including CLAQ and CLE. She is Associate Professor of English at
Pacific Lutheran University, USA.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction: Literary Cultures and Twenty-First-Century Childhoods
Pages 1-22
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Children’s Right to Participate: Insights from the Story of Malala
Pages 25-40
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The Wisdom of Getting Involved: Civic Engagement in Contemporary Egyptian Children’s Literature
Pages 41-55
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Bright Pasts, Brighter Futures: Biographies for Children in the Early Twenty-First Century
Pages 57-79
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“We Need Diverse Books”: Diversity, Activism, and Children’s Literature
Pages 83-108
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Literary Cultures and Twenty-First-Century Childhoods
- Editors
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- Nathalie op de Beeck
- Series Title
- Literary Cultures and Childhoods
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-32146-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-32146-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-32145-1
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVI, 279
- Number of Illustrations
- 11 b/w illustrations
- Topics
